Re: [cobalt-users] iBook or PowerBook for OS restore?

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Samuel Yeats wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Why does it work for me then? I was for a while contemplating a Windows
> laptop because I frequently use terminal services and do the odd restore of
> my cobalts. I decided to stick with my mac and attempt to live without these
> options. I now run Windows .NET Server Beta 3, XP Pro and Linux 7.3 from
> Virtual PC and it works fine. It took a lot of tweaking to get the cobalt
> restore system going, but now it works really well, and without errors.

I didn't know about Virtual PC for the Mac.  Since it's providing an x86
"home" for apps, then it does make sense the OSRCD could run under those
conditions.

But if you put the OSRCD into a non-x86 laptop directly, with no
emulator/etc running, it won't boot.

--
Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.