Re: [cobalt-users] Linux Bootable floppy for recovery

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> I had the dreaded bad update problem today but mine seemed to be worse
than
> some.  Cobalt took me through the steps and we could not get into to fix
the
> /dev/null no matter what we did.  They asked if I had another Linux
machine
> I could put the drive in so I could we could try to fix it that way.  I
did
> not though so they told me "use the restore disk"  ARGHHHH!
>
> I can understand having to do this if it is my fault or a hardware problem
> but it was neither, it was Cobalt's fault!!
>
> So never wanting to say die, I thought to myself hey if I had a Linux boot
> floppy I could move the HD into my PC and fix it that way.  Well after
about
> 3 min on the next I found Pocket Linux as a .bin file  I would write to a
> floppy with winimage from windows (http://pocket-linux.coven.vmh.net/) and
I
> was off.  I had a hard time getting the Cobalt drive mounted as I had
never
> used the mount command before (OK I am still a newbie in some areas) but I
> eventually got it mounted fixed the null file and had my Raq3 back up in
> about 45 min.
>
> This got me thinking.  Maybe someone could make a similar floppy from the
> same version of Linux that cobalt uses and even have it auto mount the HD.
>
> Any expert out there think this is a good idea?  Even better would be if
the
> Cobalt Motherboard supported bootable floppy on the USB port.  We could
> making fixing these things a breeze and the need for a full restore much
> rarer.

    There are several versions of single disk linux that could be modified
but it's kinda alot to do instead of typing 'mount bla bla' .  Basicly you
need to mount the image and change fstab and unmount the image and make a
new floppy.

    I could make one but I don't have the cobalt parts for the research that
I would need so I don't release something that dosen't work....

Zeffie
"Testing!  We don't need no stinkin testing!"