* * * * *

               The amusing Linux install just got more amusing

The difficulty rating of the Cobalt RaQ4 Linux install [1] just went up.

Obligatory Sidebar Links

* The Cobalt Hacking FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) [2]
* Linux 2.4 kernel for the Cobalt RaQ [3]
* Installing RedHat Linux on the Cobalt Qube 3 Appliance [4]
* Install Debian on an x86-based Cobalt Server [5]
* NetBSD/cobalt [6]


It's not quite as simple as installing the Cobalt RaQ4 harddrive in another
PC (Personal Computer) and installing Linux. I took the drive out (easy
enough to do, just one screw to remove the case, then another to remove the
harddrive assembly) and installed it on another PC (easy enough to do, as
there was no cover what so ever on the PC). The BIOS (Basic Input/Output
System) saw the harddrive. Linux (which was installed on the PC) saw the
harddrive during bootup, but after that, it refused to even recognize the
drive.

So copying an existing distribution (Fedora Core [7]) to the harddrive is out
of the question.

I did, however, get iptables [8] installed on the Cobalt RaQ4 and have it
work. So I'll see if that's good enough for what Smirk wants it to do.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/03/04.1
[2] http://www.hockin.org/~thockin/cobalt-hack-faq.html
[3] ftp://ftp-eng.cobalt.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/
[4] http://www.gurulabs.com/rhl-cobalt-howto/
[5] http://cobalt.iceblink.org/debian/debian-cobalt-howto.txt
[6] http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/
[7] http://fedora.redhat.com/
[8] http://www.netfilter.org/

Email author at [email protected]

You are viewing proxied material from gopher.conman.org. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.