RE: [cobalt-users] RaQWare Custom OS Restore CDs to download.

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, [iso-8859-1] Tunc Eresen(¯`·.¸¸.->  Cobalt   M447785363481  wrote:
> ....
> ----------
> Raq 550 and packages from http://216.22.108.20/ at http://www.Raq4less.com
> Thanks to all OCRD people out there Yes I managed to download and create CD
> with very high SPEED, I will test it on a spare Box next few days,

The URL is http://cdr.raq4less.com/
and thanks to Jeff Edwards at RaQ4less.com for providing the site.

> I am sure Gerald will keep us informed with email and changelog on a web
> site so that we could follow upgrades,
> Since this  free OCRD is on the web now, this will work against Gerald  OCRD
> Business so we should all go to his web site and drop some £-$ so that he is
> always there to upgrade. This is for the people who has not purchased from
> him,
> I will be buying my Servers and parts from him, Thanks Gerald

Your welcome, i don't mind not having the OSRCD business, were not really
setup to do mass CD production, we provide the CDs for those that don't
have the means to make their own.

As far as keeping informed about updates to the isos I will send a
newsletter from store.raqware.com when updates are loaded onto
cdr.raq4less.com. So subscribers, registered at the site will be
informed

A note about the RaQ550 iso with patches for RaQ3s and RaQ4s, many RaQ3s
and RaQ4s have errors loading the patches and the process does not
complete. we have not been able to distinguish which ones will work and
which ones won't. A work around is to use the CD without patches, go through the
setup wizard (http://ip.add.re.ss) then;
log into a shell session

su - (to root)
mkdir /home/patches
cd /home/patches
wget http://cdr.raq4less.com/RaQware-RaQ34-550-pkgs-040210.tar
wget http://cdr.raq4less.com/RaQ34-550-040210-pkgs.tar.md5
md5sum RaQware-RaQ34-550-pkgs-040210.tar
cat RaQ34-550-040210-pkgs.tar.md5
  the above output should be identical
tar -xvf RaQware-RaQ34-550-pkgs-040210.tar
./update-550.csh (executing this file will load the patches)

The above should install all the patches and leave a log file
/root/update.log
You can then remove the remaining files in /home/patches, it may be
a good idea to save the tarball on your PC.

Another thought about RaQ550 OS on RaQ3/4s, when the unit powers down,
don't be too quick to switch the power off. A fully patched system
(kernel-patches), will blank the LCD when it is ready to be switched off. Another option is
the check LED on the back, it will blink. Powering down quickly when the
LCD reads "System Powering Down" may corrupt the disk, as it is flushing the buffers
to disk for a few seconds.

Gerald
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