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Re: [cobalt-users] iBook or PowerBook for OS restore?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] iBook or PowerBook for OS restore?
- From: Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 29 17:25:00 2002
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Tim Dunn wrote:
>
> > Has anyone successfully used an Apple iBook or PowerBook to
> > perform an OS restore on a RaQ?
>
> Shooting off the cuff, I would doubt it. The restore CD is redhat,
> and designed to book x86. Perhaps you can boot it off a virtual
> PC, but I'd not wager it'll be able to support the network interface.
The distro that the OSRCD boots from is Debian for x86. The CD won't
even boot on a non-x86 laptop...
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Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx