Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ3

["Dave Thurman (Mailing List Email)" <listonly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> on 10/19/02 6:53 PM, 678@xxxxxxxxx stated:
>> 
>>> The hard drive in my raq3 is making a noise periodically.  my guess is
> that
>>> it's about to fail.  I bought the system off of ebay and I have had no
>>> problems, so this is the first time I've needed to do anything to the
>>> system.  I do have a "Cobalt RAQ OS RESTORE" Cd.  What are the steps to
>>> replace the drive.
>>> 
>>> I don't have a new drive or a cdrom drive. Information about the process
>>> including which drive I should use to replace it, (as big as possible)
> and
>>> which cdrom drive I should buy will be appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> I would get Raqbackup.sh and move your sites to another box and let your
>> users now what is about to happen. I would then load in the new drive, run
>> the restore disk and then CMU the sites back in and you are all done.
>> 
>> Search would search the archives for:
>> 
>> Raqbackup.sh
>> CMU Import
>> OSRCD
>> 
>> That should give you all the info you need to make a decent recovery.
>> 
>> --
> Any idea what cdrom drive I should purchase.  I'm guessing it will be a usb.
> Will the raq3 recognize the usb cdrom when I reboot, again I've never messed
> with the raq so I need the basics.

You will need to load the CD into a win box (how ironic) and do the upgrade
that way.
-- 
Thanks!!
Dave Thurman
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