[cobalt-users] FW: [cobalt-developers] Can the RaQ boot from floppy or CD?

["Curtis Ross" <Curtis_Ross@xxxxxx>]

Off topic but....what is your relationship with dialtoneinternet.com. I
noticed you guys have the same datacenter pictures?

http://dialtoneinternet.com/tour/page12.htm

http://www.zarcrom.fr/pages/visite-guidee.html

Curtis

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	chris@xxxxxxxxxxx@CPR
[mailto:IMCEANOTES-chris+40zarcrom+2Ecom+40CPR@xxxxxx] 
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 29, 2000 7:47 AM
> To:	cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: [cobalt-developers] Can the RaQ boot from floppy or
CD?
> 
>  
> Hello Norbert!
> you might be interested in contacting our office in France
> (support@xxxxxxxxxx) as we offer Continuous Web Tone system: you
> server would be duplicated in one of our networks, your database
> would be continuously replicated on the mirror(s) and restored
> from the mirror(s) in case of problem, your security updates
> would be automatically setup on the mirror(s) machine(s).
> An intermediate system would direct the http querries on one box
> or the other(s) box(es) according to their availability; this
> means that if a server is highly loaded, down, or if a full
> network is down, then the mirror(s) will get the requests. This
> is absolutely transparent for the visitor.
> 
> Should you be interested, please contact support@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> sincerely,
> chris
> ---
> 
> Norbert Bollow a *crit :
> >
> > > I'll be happy to hear your scenario and try to find a workable
> > > solution for you.
> >
> > Tim,
> >   thank you so much for your kind offer!
> >
> > The context of my questions is that I'm in Switzerland and one
> > of my clients has purchased a RaQ4r which is now co-located at a
> > professional colocation service in the US. This server will
> > contain confidential data and it will be important to keep any
> > downtime to a minimum.
> >
> > Because of the security requirements I must modify some parts of
> > the OS to close some security holes that are well-known to
> > everyone who subscribes to Bugtraq. So we're not going to be
> > running a standard system that one can easily restore from the
> > OS Restore CD. And then I will be making potantially dangerous
> > modifications every time that a new Linux security problem is
> > discovered which could affect this server. Once the system is in
> > 'production mode', downtime must be kept to a minimum. For this
> > reason I feel it is necessary to practice with the colocation
> > service a procedure for recovering from the kind of problem
> > where remote logins are impossible and a normal reboot won't help.
> >
> > > > What options are there for booting around a serious problem on
> > > > the root filesystem? Suppose e.g. libc.so is corrupted.
> > >
> > > The standard answer is to OS Restore it - you do make backups,
right?
> >
> > Yes, we make backups. However, we need a recovery procedure that
> > does not erase all clues about what went wrong (e.g. was there a
> > root compromise?)
> >
> > > If you attach a SCSI device (such as a CD), you can boot from it
using
> > > the ROM menu.
> >
> > Great! - This is the kind of procedure that I'm looking for.
> >
> > How do we come into the possession of a suitable boot CD?
> >
> > Can you provide instructions for connecting an external CD drive
> > to the RaQ and using the ROM menu to boot from it?
> >
> > Warm greetings, Norbert.
> >
> > --
> > Norbert Bollow, Weidlistr.18, CH-8624 Gruet (near Zurich,
Switzerland)
> > Tel +41 1 972 20 59     Fax +41 1 972 20 69
http://thinkcoach.com
> >
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