Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 Software in Vmware Session

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Wow thats kinda cool! :)

Heard many people talk about this actually, but the answer was always "No it
is not possible!"

Thanks! :)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Boehnlein" <damin@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 8:11 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Raq4 Software in Vmware Session


> [Disclaimer:] The following comments are provided for informational
> purposes only. Following any of these instructions will most certainly
> void your warranty from Sun, and probably violates the Raq4 software
> licensing agreement. I do NOT condone, nor reccomend that anyone attempt
> to do this, unless you have a high level of Linux experience and are
> willing to risk trashing your Raq. If you decide to do it and try to sell
> commercial access to clients, you are an evil person and I hope that Sun
> Cobalt will sue your pants off and throw you in the slammer!
>
> Hello,
> Many of you have asked me how I was able to get the Raq4 software
> running in a Vmware session. Here are my notes on what needed to be
> changed to get the Raq4 software to boot and run on a standard PC. This
> disk image has been modified to run in a Vmware session. Information on
Vmware
> can be found at http://www.vmware.com. Many people want to know why I did
> this. The simple answer is that I own and administer a large number of
> Cobalt RAQ units, and I need the ability to test software and security on
> the Cobalt OS in a non-production environment. Vmware's ability to have
> Un-doable disks allows me to do testing of software installs and security
> hacks without concern for a lengthy reload process. When I am done with my
> testing, I can opt to write all changes on the file-system back to the
> disk or discard them. Also, the ability to just "unzip and run" a new Raq
> for development purposes totally rocks. It is a lot faster to compile and
> build code on a 2 Ghz Vmware host system than to build and compile on a
> real Raq at 350 Mhz. I've had as many as 6 Raq images running at the same
> time on a single Linux server under Vmware workstation.
>
> As such the following points need to be taken into consideration:
>
> 1. This box is running a RedHat 6.2 2.2.22 kernel release, installed via
> RPM. As such, the bwmgmt.o module that ships with Cobalt's Kernel will not
> load or work.
>
> 2. This image has been modified to run out of a single partition, instead
> of the Cobalt default. Therefore, certain things such as quotas MIGHT NOT
> WORK. I haven't had the opportunity to test it in detail and quite
> frankly, since I don't plan on running it for multiple user access, I
> don't care.
>
> 3. Since the Raq units have their own bootloading firmware, I have
> installed LILO.
>
> 4. All of the utils in the panel-utils RPM have been replaced with simple
> shell scripts. A PC does not have the Cobalt LCD and this was required to
> prevent the system from hanging when LCD calls or input was required. Here
> is a list of files that have been modified from that RPM:
>
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcd-flash
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcd-getip
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcd-menu
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcd-swrite
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcd-write
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcd-yesno
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcdsleep
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcdstart
> S.5....T   /sbin/lcdstop
> S.5....T   /sbin/link
> S.5....T   /sbin/linkstatus
> S.5....T   /sbin/readbutton
> S.5....T   /sbin/ruleflush
>
> 5. Since the RAQ uses a serial console, /etc/inittab and /etc/securetty
> have been modified to put gettys where you would expect them and allow you
> to log in on 6 virtual consoles.
>
> 6. Vmware-Tools have been installed to improve performance in Vmware
> virtual sessions.
>
> 7. I had to correct for broken symlinks in /usr/include to get several
> packages to build correctly. This was simple:
> cd /usr/include
> rm -rf linux asm
> ln -s ../src/linux/include/linux/ linux
> ln -s ../src/linux/include/asm asm
>
> Enjoy. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at
> damin@xxxxxxxxx
>
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