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                   I've got those Linux Installation Blues

It wasn't that easy [1], just putting a harddrive into another computer,
copying the installation to that, copying the Cobalt RaQ4 kernel, and booting
from there.

Nope.

Didn't work.

Looks like I may have to do one of the more involved installations, or Smirk
is just going to have to learn to live with what I've got.

Somehow, I'm guessing I'm going to be doing one of the more involved
installations.

On the other hand, I've narrowed down why the PC (Personal Computer) didn't
like the Cobalt RaQ4 drive [2], and it didn't have anything to do with the
drive itself—I'm not sure if it was the cable or the controller. The IDE
(Integrated Drive Electronics) cable in the PC is an 80-wire cable (where
every other wire is ground). One drive plugged in works. Two, the second one
isn't recognized at all. I tried a traditional 40-wire cable and again, one
drive worked, two didn't.

I'm not sure what to make of that. I ended up hooking power to the two drives
from the PC, and using the 40-pin cable to hook the two drives to the Cobalt
RaQ4. That was rather amusing but it worked.

What wasn't rather amusing was one of the fans on the Cobalt RaQ4—it sounded
like I was working next to a jet engine. That will definitely have to be
replaced.

More on this as details become available.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/03/08.1
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/03/07.2

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