RE: [cobalt-developers] RE: installing Cobalt OS on another Server

["Malcolm Wild" <cobaltsec@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

legal stuff aside, i came to the same conclusion on the RaQs that taking a
working hDD image might be the easiest way to get running quickly.  I had
also heard that there is something in the the BIOS that states the system
platform ie 'I'm a RaQ' which matches what you mentioned about the restore
CD dying if it doesn't find the correct platform.

But i do know you can put RaQ4 software on a RaQ3 so I guess the restore cd
just looks for some generic information.

I'll continue to pursue this one, keep me (us!) updated if you  make any
breakthrus :)

regards malc

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard
Nellist
Sent: 21 January 2001 16:31
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-developers] RE: installing Cobalt OS on another Server


>>installing Cobalt OS on another Server
>>
>>
>>I'm developing some software to run on RaQ3/4 but I haven't got a spare
one
>>:(
>>Has anyone tried installing from the master CD onto another server, i've
got
>>a couple of Dell poweredges and Intel ISP1100's on the shelf to play with
!
>>
>>I know their may be an issue with the config via the LCD panel/buttons,
but
>>apart from that all seems striaght forward Linux
>>
>>regards malc

Hi Malc,

I've been looking at the same problem but for a Qube3. After performing a
restore from the Master CD and examining the Setup files, there is no reason
why an Intel based Cobalt Image shouldn't work on a standard Intel based
system.

The setup programs for the Master CD actually check the platform they are on
so they can pull the right software from the CD onto the system and it
wouldn't find the Qube3/Raq3/Raq4 tag, so the install procedure would halt.

There are two things I'm wanting to look into further.

	1) Take the H/disk out of a Cobalt Server and plug it into a PC with
compatible hardware. If the original system is preconfigured then it should
be possible to use a browser to modify settings from then on.

	2) Connect a USB Keyboard and PCI video card to a Qube3 and see whether it
is possible to change the config as though it was a workstation.

Obviously using the Master CD to install the Cobalt OS onto anything other
than the Cobalt Product it was supplied with is a breach of the License
Agreement, and I am still un-aware what Cobalt's position on such usage is
if purely for development/experimentation purposes.

Regards

Richard

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