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Re: [cobalt-users] Turning a CUBE2 into a CUBE3
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Turning a CUBE2 into a CUBE3
- From: Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Jan 2 01:00:02 2002
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Derek Serianni wrote:
>
> I have heard that you can turn a RAQ3 into a RAQ4 just by
> restoring the RAQ4 software to it.
This is "illegal" and violates the terms of the Sun Cobalt License
Agreement... but, as a purely speculative discussion, it _should_ work
since RaQ3 and RaQ4 use almost identical hardware.
> Is the same true for the CUBE product?
This is NOT true for the Qube products. The Qube2 was a MIPS-based
product, and Qube3 uses AMD CPUs. Their are fundamental hardware
differences in the 2 platforms, so you cannot in any way upgrade a Qube2
to be a Qube3. You have to buy a new unit. (Same thing happened for the
RaQ, moving from RaQ2 to RaQ3...)
--
Bruce Timberlake
Technology Engineer
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
U: http://www.sun.com/cobalt/