Re: [cobalt-users] Upgrading from RaQ4 to RaQ550

["John D. Gorena" <Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian,

All those things that you state are the reasons I bought one but IT
STILL DOES NOT WORK!  Let me rephrase that...  It turns on and I can
access it but I can't seem to do simple things like send e-mail from
it.  Maybe I am doing something wrong and I need a picture book withstep
by step instructions????   

The most recent thing that someone has come up with is that the SOA
serial number is low (it is) and needs to be reset to a higher number
but no one seems to know how to do this on a raq550.  Do you?

Your help would be appreciated.

John



BSmith@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michelle A. Hoyle
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Upgrading from RaQ4 to RaQ550
> 
> >I am still having problems.
> >No, I am not using it yet as a server.  Can't seem to get much help on
> >the Raq550.
> >I can receive e-mial but can't send it and I do not know why.
> >Until I get it working, my advice is buy more raq4's.  I wish I did.
> >
> >John
> 
> Hi John.
> 
> Thanks for reminding me.  I had actually read that earlier and
> completely forgot about it.   One of the reasons I was gung-ho about
> moving to the 550 was because it should be faster.  Our RaQ4s are
> relatively underpowered by today's standards, but your review makes
> it sound like more trouble than it's worth.  Thanks for taking the
> time to post that.
> 
> Michelle
> _____________________________________
> 
> Michelle & John,
> 
> Just an FYI.  I had upgrade my Raq 4r (Two 20s, 512 ram) to the Raq550
> software.  It works LIKE A CHAMP.
> I have had NO problems at all, with any of the software, or the updates.  I
> even used the BIOS upgrade that
> came with the OS Restore CD.  (Thanks guys!, good work!!!).
> 
> It uses the EXT3 file system, which to me .. I think is a lot better then
> the EXT2.  It organizes data
> more efficiently, plus if for some strange reason you have a system crash,
> (loose power), it does not require
> you to run the FSCK (scan disk type app).
> 
> It has the 2.4 Kernel, which is a lot smoother too, and you can use
> IPTABLES, which is much better firewall
> wall software.
> 
> If you honestly take the time to sit there, and just watch it upgrade, it
> isn't to bad.
> 
> Once I had upgraded the BIOS, it installed no problems, rebooted it ... ran
> the additional Manufacture scripts
> and BAM up and working (about 1/2hr).
> 
> Just my two cents on this matter.  (Btw, that was a few months ago, when
> they finally put out the OS Restore ISO.
> So, I have had it for a while!
> 
> Brian
> 
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