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Re: [cobalt-developers] Re Boot from CD ROM



On 4/3/2000 at 1:20 PM, DavidE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Elliott) wrote:

> Hi cobalt-developers,
> 
> (1) What is the minimum state that you need a Qube to be in to reset it
> to  factory  state from a CDROM. ie the hard drive has gone down and you
> need to replace it.

It needs to be able to power up press <- and -> together to get to net boot.  I've
rebuilt systems that won't even boot.

> (2)  Can  you  choose  the  size  of the file systems eg /dev/hda1 to be
> bigger than  the default of 291M ?

No.  It restores a complete disk image and the only option is whether you are
restoring a qube 2, raq, etc.

Byron