[cobalt-users] Re: Has anyone converted a CacheRaQ 4 into a functional server?

["Rick Highness" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce/Gerald/All:

>> I have a CacheRaq 4 that I wanted to try to convert into either a RaQ 
>> 4 or a 550.  Has anyone done this successfully?  I've searched the
archives and
>> haven't seen anyone attempt this...   
>> 
>> I've been able to telnet into the box and the ROM is version 2.3.34. 
>> Can I just get a RaQ4 CD and install it?

>Yes, the CR 4 is just a RaQ 4i with a different software payload on it. 
>  I've done it many times myself with no problem.


I flashed the ROM in it to  2.3.38, but it wouldn't let me install the 550
OS (said I needed to have the ROM be 2.9.38). So I flashed the ROM to
2.9.38, but I couldn't get it to do a net boot (no matter how hard I tried)
to install the 550 OS. To get the box to come up, I eventually had to
manually force it to do a boot to disk (it worked using 2.9.38, but running
the 4i OS)

After all this, I ended up reflashing the ROM back to 2.3.38 so I could get
it to boot reliably, and I'm still stuck with it being a RaQ 4i... <sigh>

Any suggestions on making this a 550, or should I just settle for the 4i?

Thanks for all the help so far!

-Rick