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

[Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Norbert Bollow wrote:

> Probably yes. Just to be completely sure - do I understand you
> correctly that despite the name of this 'OS Restore CD', booting
> from this BOOTP server does not just blindly restore the OS on
> the RaQ to its original state, but you can also just boot it and
> log in a root?

hrrm, I don't know if that is true.  It is designed to Restore your OS
(hence the name).  You can boot from the ROM kernel, but there is no ROM
based filesystem to mount as a root.  If your root FS is alive, you can
use teh LCD panel to select boot from ROM.

> How do I order this CD and how much does it cost?

The CD can be had on the cobalt website.

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