[cobalt-users] Sun Solaris??? Bad Business Decision

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I will say only this.

 I am a Linux man.

 If Sun puts Solaris on the RaQs, they can kiss my... er,  I mean, I will
not purchase any more RaQs.

Plain and simple.

Good night.

Bill Micke
Administrator for 10 RaQ3 and RaQ4 server appliances.




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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of WebSite
>>>Creations
>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:02 AM
>>>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] PHP4 RPM
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Does Cobalt have an install for the latest version of PHP4 on a Raq3??
>>>
>>>Hi Randall,
>>>
>>>I found RPM s for PHP 4 at the following LINK.  I successfully
>>>installed PHP
>>>4 on my RaQ3i using these RPMs.
>>>
>>>I recommend them to anyone who needs PHP 4 on a RaQ3i.
>>>http://fsr.ku.dk/people/troels/rpms/php/install-ready/i586/
>>>
>>>I also wrote some instructions based on my recent install on a RaQ3i.
>>>(Below)
>>>
>>>Bill Micke
>>>
>>>---------------------------------------
>>>         INSTRUCTIONS
>>>---------------------------------------
>>>
>>>--------- PHP 4.0.2 INSTALL --------
>>>
>>>NOTE: Cobalt has a MySQL .pkg file at http://pkg.nl.cobalt.com/
>>>
>>>IF YOU INSTALL BOTH MYSQL AND PHP 4, INSTALL MYSQL FIRST!!!!
>>>DON'T ASK ME WHY, BUT EVERYBODY TELLS ME THAT :-)
>>>
>>>The following instructions are for installling PHP 4.0.2 on the
>>>Cobalt RaQ3.
>>>
>>>NOTE:  FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY WITH COBALT
>>>
>>>These RPMS can be downloaded for free at
>>>http://fsr.ku.dk/people/troels/rpms/php/install-ready/i586/
>>>
>>>VERY IMPORTANT
>>>The following .rpm files will need to be installed on the server
>>>before you
>>>can successfully install PHP 4.  If you do not install these files first,
>>>you
>>>will get an error that says;
>>>"error: failed dependencies: php-engine = 4.0.2 is needed by
>>>php-imap-4.0.2-4."
>>>
>>>This can be corrected by updating the Cobalt Linux RPM files located
>>>at
>>>http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-6.2/i38
>>>6/RedHat/RP
>>>MS/
>>>
>>>DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING FILES FROM THE LINK ABOVE
>>>1. bzip2-0.9.5d-2.i386.rpm  <Updates a file necessary to install the rpm
>>>below>
>>>2. popt-1.5-0.48.i386.rpm
>>>3. rpm-3.0.4-0.48.i386.rpm   <Updates the RPM so that the filed
>>>dependacies
>>>message goes away>
>>>
>>>ROOT TO SERVER, CREATE A TEMP DIRECTORY... CALL THE TEMP
>>>DIRECTORY WHATEVER
>>>YOU WISH
>>>
>>>UPLOAD THE 3 FILES ABOVE TO THE SERVER TO YOUR TEMP DIRECTORY
>>>
>>>NOW, OPEN THE FILES
>>>[su]# rpm -Uvh nameofFILE.rpm  (3 FILE NAMES ABOVE)
>>>
>>>LIKE THIS.....
>>>rpm -Uvh bzip2-0.9.5d-2.i386.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh popt-1.5-0.48.i386.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh rpm-3.0.4-0.48.i386.rpm
>>>
>>>NOW DOWNLOAD THE PHP FILES FROM
>>>http://fsr.ku.dk/people/troels/rpms/php/install-ready/i586/
>>>
>>>php-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm    (main PHP engine)
>>>php-mysql-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>php-devel-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>php-imap-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>php-gd-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm  (note, requires gd-1.3-6.i386.rpm)
>>>gd-1.3-6.i386.rpm
>>>php-misc-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>php-pgsql-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm    (requires Postreg SQL 7 to be installed)
>>>
>>>NOW, UPLOAD THEM TO YOUR SERVER TO THE TEMP DIRECTORY
>>>
>>>OPEN THE RPM FILES
>>>
>>>rpm -Uvh php-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm    (main PHP engine)
>>>rpm -Uvh php-mysql-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh php-devel-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh php-imap-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh php-gd-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm  (note, requires gd-1.3-6.i386.rpm)
>>>rpm -Uvh gd-1.3-6.i386.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh php-misc-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm
>>>rpm -Uvh php-pgsql-4.0.2-5.i586.rpm    (requires Postreg SQL 7 to be
>>>installed)
>>>
>>>REMEMBER TO REBOOT YOUR SERVER
>>>
>>>You should not get any error messages.  If you do, go back and
>>>review your
>>>steps to make sure you have not made any errors.
>>>
>>>Again, this install worked fine for me.   I hope the same for you.
>>>
>>>Bill M.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Randall Clark
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:30 PM
>>>>>>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>Subject: [cobalt-users] PHP4 RPM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does Cobalt have an install for the latest version of PHP4 on a Raq3??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If so where can I get it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Randall
>>>>>>
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