[cobalt-developers] Cobalt distribution...

["Douglas Mayle" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I?ve found this list useful (mostly the archives), but I?m of the opinion
that it?s necessary to split the information on the hardware from the
distribution so that people can do what they need to (upgrades, new patches,
etc.).  I must admit, I?ve had no end of problems with the original Cobalt
distribution, and was unsatisfactorily running Redhat on the system for
about a year before Sun published the boot ROM and utils to upgrade.  Since
then, I?ve replaced the boot kernel, and installed Gentoo on the system (I?m
working on an upgrade to the Gentoo install guide), and I couldn?t be
happier.  I think it would be a boon for all of the people who are using x86
Cobalt hardware (not to exclude other architectures, but x86 is the easiest
to transition) to easily move on to their distribution of choice (especially
since Sausalito is now open-source).  Let the mailing lists move on to the
distributions that people will be using, and let the hardware/boot info stay
available online.