RE: [cobalt-developers] Raq4 ROM versions for Raq4 AND Raq550 OS

["Steve Groom" <steve.groom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for this Gerald.
Just need a bit more clarification - if I install a new ROM, will I still be
able to install the Raq4 OS if I decide not to continue with 550?

regards
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gerald
Waugh
Sent: 08 October 2003 19:36
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Raq4 ROM versions for Raq4 AND Raq550
OS


On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Steve Groom wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to experiment with the Raq550 OS on my Raq4. I have read
> several pages on this, but still have a couple of questions before I do
> anything irreveresable.
>
> My Raq4 ROM is currently 2.3.35.
>
> I found that the current ISO 550 Installtion requires 2.3.40 or 2.9.xx.

I believe the ISO 550 Installation requires > 2.9.xx, not 2.3.40, but I
could be wrong. We have been using 2.9.36.

> Two questions.
>
> 1) What Raq4 rom versions are compatible with the Raq4 and the Raq550
O/Ss?

The ROM version will be changed once installation is complete, we have had
no problems with any previous ROM versions. Beware! changing ROM can be
hazerdous, we have replaced 120+ ROMs over the past year or so. For some
unexpalined reason, the upgrade,  sometimes does not complete properly.

One error seems to be that when the CD restore process ask for the
hardware, there is a natural inclanation to enter RaQ550, be sure to
enter, in your case RaQ4.

> 2) Is the Raq550 o/s on Raq4 suitable for production use?

We have been running RaQ550 OS on production servers (raqware.com) since
September 2002, and have had no problems, other than the kernel patches.
Thanks to Duncan Laurie (http://cobalt.iceblink.org) and Brian Smith
(http:/nuonce.net) this hurtle has been 'jumped'.
We have also sold and refurbished dozens of RaQ3/4s running RaQ550 OS.

> My Raq4s have 256Mb Ram and 30Gb disks.

More RAM would be helpful, but unless your server is very busy, probably
not neessary.

Gerald
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