Re: [cobalt-users] How To Restore from CD???

[Will DeHaan <will@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kris Dahl wrote:
> 
> > Get a CROSSOVER cable, not a regular cat5 cable, although i believe you can
> > use two cat5 and a hub instead but i have never really tried.
> 

A fast ethernet hub or switch works fine, especially if you don't have
convenient access to a crossover ethernet cable.  In fact, using a hub
you can rebuild several Cobalt servers simultaneously from one PC booted
off the OS Restore CD-ROM.  

The CD is very picky about PC configurations.

Use a PC with: 

	- A supported fast ethernet NIC
	- An IDE CD-ROM drive
	- Boot-to-CD BIOS support
	- 32+MB RAM
	- Keyboard & monitor to accept the software license

Maybe we're into Cobalt servers a little more than the average
cobalt-user but our offices are equipped with dedicated networks for OS
Restore.  


	-- Will

> I don't think that will work.  And a note, your NIC *must* be 100MB.
> Additionally some NICs aren't supported--I believe 3Com, Intel and DEC
> Tulip-based cards are generally supported.
> 
> -k
>