Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ1: What can they do?

[Mat Kovach <mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 09:15:54AM -0500, Erik O wrote:
: I purchased a RaQ1 about a year ago, just before the RaQ2 became
: available. I'm sure I've already voided any warranty this box had so I
: want to take it a step farther and try and make this thing useful. I
: notice that almost all the RaQ1 questions posted on this list go
: ignored, so if there are ANY RaQ Classic(tm) owners out there, at least
: make some contact so I know I'm not alone :) Maybe we can set up our own
: discussion board to help us get back into the mainstream :)

I'd recommend getting a restore CD and putting the RaQ2 software on it(or
that is why I have done).
 
: My question:  What are you running on your Raq1 (classic) that Cobalt
: never intended?

I do development on my, it runs lots o'things it was never intended to, Like
X and KDE for quite a while :).  I also have OpenLDAP running on it.
 
: I for one would like to run a newer kernel, upgrade apache, add mysql
: and php, shadow passwords, ssl, ssh, and a few others. What works and
: what should I watch out for. 

Most of the basic stuff runs great, The only thing I never got running well
was jserv for Apache.
 
: I would consider the destructive upgrade but I'm too cheap to purchase
: the CD from Cobalt. I would rather just do this myself and if it means
: ditching the GUI, then so be it. It's riddled with security flaws
: anyway.

Ahh, it is worth it.  I have take a couple of RaQ2s and make the Qube2.
 
: My concerns are not really based on my Linux abilities, but rather the
: MIPS platform. Plus I'm always a little bit more apprehensive when I
: don't physically have access to the box. It's always nice to reach over
: and smack the sucker every once in awhile :)

There is quite a bit of software that works on the MIPS platform.  Other than
hardware support, porting software to the MIPS arch is fairly easy.  If
there is some particular you are looking for, let me know.

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Mat Kovach                                      mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cleveland Linux User Group                       http://cleveland.lug.net