Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4 restore on a RAQ3i machine possible?

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Gavin Nelmes-Crocker wrote:
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> No problem at all - you don't need to upgrade the processor you just
> end up with a 300Mhz machine running RaQ4 software :-)  FYI if you
> have a later RaQ3 and you want to open the box you might be able to
> add a hard drive on the second channel and restore it as a RaQ4R :-)

I think you mean that the later RaQ 3 models had two separate IDE
controllers on the motherboard, just like the RaQ 4r uses. I do not
believe you can run software RAID on two drives when one is a master and
one is a slave, both on the same cable.  You need two masters, which is
the way the 4r ships.

> Doing any of the above would obviously invalidate your warranty

There really isn't much of a "warranty" anymore, now that the concept of
free support has gone away.

> and possibly infuriate Sun in the process as well

As much as violating the terms of the License Agreement could
"infuriate" I suppose... :)

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Bruce Timberlake
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Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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