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Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4i to RAQ4r

Dangerous answer. One of the first things that the 550 restore disk wants to do is update the bios on the Raq4. It then tries to reboot and install the software. Problem is if the bios does not take, reason not known why at this point, Sun won't tell us. Your machine is dead. So yes, it does do something to the hardware. No at this point you can not reload any software. Gerald is getting an rom programmer and is going to try and fix his. Oh yes, the rom is soldered in and not a plug in chip. 

At 10:03 PM 12/16/2002, you wrote:

Ruin it?  How do you figure that?  Worst case, it wouldn't work and you'd
have to re-load the Raq4 OS, but it's not going to do anything to the
hardware.

    -Derek

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Farquhar" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:46 PM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] RAQ4i to RAQ4r


> Very much correct about the Raq3/4 to 4R that is a common upgrade it seems
> and is frequently talked about here.
>
> Be very careful however if you attempt the Raq550 installation on anything
> other than a real 550.  There have been a number of posts that indicate
that
> it can ruin your RAQ.
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian N. Smith
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 6:24 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4i to RAQ4r
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry" <harryl_2001@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 7:10 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] RAQ4i to RAQ4r
>
>
> > I took a RAQ4i, added another hard drive and loaded
> > the RAQ4r ISO on it.  I have tested it in every way
> > possible and it appears to run fine.  Anyone else ever
> > do this and did it work OK for you?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Harry
> >
>  __________________________________________________
>
> Harry,
>
> Every one does it ... You can also do:
>
> RaQ 3 - > RaQ 4
> RaQ 3 - > RaQ 550
> RaQ 4 - > RaQ 550
>
> I would suggest to maybe load the RaQ 550 software on your RaQ 4r now.
> You should see a performance increase some! :-)
>
> Brian N. Smith
> NuOnce Networks
> www.nuonce.net
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