Re: [cobalt-developers] Alternative BOOT method (GRUB)

[Paul <pschulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew,

Thanks you for your reply. Have you used updated the ROM on any
machines.  I'm just being paranoid about all the things that could go
wrong in this work.

I am (re)considering updating the ROM if I can find a couple of people
who have said that they have done it without any problems.

Paul

> From: Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 19:23, Paul wrote:
>     Greetings,
>     
>     Background: 
>     
>     Our company has received a Raq4 on loan from Sun Australia to trial
>     some software on. The conditions are that the machine is return as we
>     received it. This means that I cannot risk upgrading the ROM, so I'm
>     looking at alternative methods for booting 2.4.x kernels (which
>     requires the ROM upgrade). (See
>     http://traumatized.org/linux/cobalt/kernel.php for info on installing
>     Slackware with 2.4.x kernels.)
> I can't imagine why you want to do this, but since you do...
> 
> The rom programming script that they use appears to make a backup of the
> rom image.  That means that if you use it correctly, and you don't hose
> your system, you **SHOULD** be able to put your old ROM back on.
> 
> I've done this before on PCs.  Needless to say, this isn't your typical
> PC, so no guarantees that my experience means anything.
> 
> Matt Nuzum
>     
>     
>     
> 
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