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[cobalt-users] Re: Upgrade existing Qube 2 to the Qube 3 software
- Subject: [cobalt-users] Re: Upgrade existing Qube 2 to the Qube 3 software
- From: Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Oct 16 13:50:47 2001
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Iassen Hristov wrote:
>
> I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1. Can I upgrade an existing Qube 2 machine to the Qube 3 software with
> the restore CD?
No. Qube2 is a MIPS CPU-based product, and Qube3 has the AMD K6-2 CPU.
Totally incompatible.
> 2. What is the difference between the ISO files posted on the FTP
> site - the Basic, Pro & Business editions?
Basic = "standard" Qube software payload
Business = Basic + web caching
Professional = Business + RAID-1 (requires 2 drives to work properly of
course)
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Bruce Timberlake
Technology Engineer
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
U: http://www.sun.com/cobalt/