Re: [cobalt-users] Introduction, Cobalt Linux distro questions

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 21 September 2002 09:34, John A. Federico wrote:
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> I purchased a used 3i. After some hardware maintenance (fans, dust
> removal, etc.) it works great. I upgraded to the RaQ 4 OS which was an
> amazingly simple experience. (Thanks to Alex Bajan of RaQport for his
> help.)
>
> I've been poring over every bit of documentation and gathering
> all the knowledge I can find - docs, webhostingtalk.com, this list,
> usenet, etc. but am still confused by a few simple things.
>
> For instance, if I download, burn and install an OS from an ISO,
> shouldn't that ISO be up-to-date with all of the patches, thusfar. (I
> mean, logically...) There's no dated README contained in the bootable ISO
> and the README in the FTP directory functions only to correlate the file
> names with the appropriate RaQ model.

No, the iso is NOT uptodate
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However up2date OSRCDs are available at http://raqwre.com/osrcd.html
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> For instance, I'm trying to install openSSH from a .pkg file. (Found on
> pkgmaster) Dependencies list "Latest OS Update". Fine. I just installed
> the OS from the Sun FTP site, so I should be OK (in theory).
>
> However, I receive an error during installation, with no specific error
> messages or codes. Does that mean that I *don't* have the latest OS update
> installed from the ISO? I haven't found any affirming information.
>
> Granted, it could be something else entirely, but I don't want to go
> mucking about with OS updates if I don't have to.

No, the error you are getting is correct. You need to update the system.

> (Hmmph. I never had these concerns with RPM's.)

You didn't, get a redhat 5.0 distribution and try and install 7.3 rpms on it!

> Another quirky problem: I installed mySQL from .pkg file. Installation
> went well, mysqld started automatically. Wonderful. However, a good number
> of the config files are not found where the mySQL documentation says they
> should be. Granted, I found them, just someplace completely different.
> What's up with that?

In order to make Sun/Cobalt service a necessity, they put things in strange 
places and configure them such that you are dependent on Sun/Cobalt to keep 
the system running

> So, it's those kinds of things that are confusing me - the somewhat quirky
> Cobalt distro of Linux.
>
> (If there were a "Cobalt for Dummies Book", I'd buy it...)

There is, only it's a $650.00 course offered by Sun/Cobalt.

> I'm trying to get this box set up with the environment I need, make it
> relatively secure and get it into the data center by October 1st, so any
> general (or specific) pointers (outside of the great pointers I've already
> gotten from the archives) would be helpful.
>

Gerald
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