Re: [cobalt-developers] Can the RaQ boot from floppy or CD?

[Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Norbert Bollow wrote:

>   when you set up Linux on a PC-type machine, you will normally
> create a 'rescue disk', i.e. a Linux boot floppy that contains
> the kernal and essential utilities. Then if things get screwed
> up badly so that the box won't boot properly, you can always
> boot from the rescue disk and fix whatever is wrong.
> 
> Is it possible to do a similar thing with the RaQ4?

The RaQ3 and newer products contain a full kernel in ROM, which knows
how to boot from a BOOTP server.  Cobalt makes an OS Restore CD, which
turns you r PC into a BOOTP server, from which the RaQ can boot.

Does that answer you?

-- 
Tim Hockin
Software Engineer / OS Engineer
Cobalt Networks
thockin@xxxxxxxxxx