[cobalt-users] Re: Qube3 - Which ISO image for OS6.4 Restore CD

[Peter Frederick <pfred@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:56:41 -0800, you wrote:

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>> I'm planning to ftp the IOS image and burn the CD as per the
>> knowledge base. The following are the files available on the osrcd
>> ftp server:
>>
>> 960-QUB30101EU		Qube 3 ML Standard (includes Chinese)
>> 960-QUB30102EU		Qube 3 ML Business (includes Chinese)
>> 960-QUB30103EU	--	Qube 3 ML Professional (includes Chinese)
>> 960-QUB30101FU		Qube 3 OS 6.4 Standard (Mendocino)
>> 960-QUB30102FU		Qube 3 OS 6.4 Business (Mendocino)
>> 960-QUB30103FU	++	Qube 3 OS 6.4 Professional (Mendocino)
>>
>> Can anyone confirm that the one I really want is the last one (++)?
>>
>> I'm assuming the other one (--) is maybe the 6.3 or earlier
>> release. It's not abundantly clear to me :*(
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>Yes, the "Mendocino" build is the most up-to-date, and includes the 
>printer/USB support, VPN stuff (although most recent kernel patch is 
>needed to make it actually work), multiple administrators, etc.  
>Qubes sold with this payload are known now as the "Qube 3+"
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Thanks Bruce - I've downloaded the last one on the above list. Had some fun
with FTP to get it (timing out). FTP'd it from my Windows box to the Qube
to gunzip it but gunzip didn't like it. Used Winzip to unpack it - Winzip
had no problem. When I checked the md5 checksums against the ftp server
copy it is fine so I'm going to burn it now as it is.

>Beware making your own OSRCD, as the patches need to be installed in a 
>specific order, but the filenames cannot just be renamed for the Qube 
>like they can on the RaQ 4, etc.  (Something about the installer 
>comparing the actual filename to the one stored inside the PKG header 
>info or something...)   I personally never came up with a good way to 
>make custom Qube 3 OSRCDs...

I realize that - Ideally I would like a restore cd to the current version
including the patches but I think I could live with a base 6.4 distribution
and then load the patches in order (I like the idea of naming them 01, 02
etc so it is easy to do them in the right order - it's easy enough to get
rif of the number in the file before you try to actually install the
update).

Thanks for your help and instructions.
Peter


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>If you come up with something that works, please post the procedure!


Peter Frederick
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