Re: [cobalt-users] Questions about Reviving a RaQ4.

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Sergio Najera wrote:

> We're playing with the idea on wether or not to put the RaQ4 back into
> service in some way,
> and had a few questions...
>
> 1.) Can a different operating system be installed on the server?  Like
> RedHat 9?

http://the.taoofmac.com/space/Sandbox
http://gurulabs.com/rhl-cobalt-howto/
http://cobalt.iceblink.org/
http://www.traumatized.org/linux/cobalt/boot.php
http://open.cobaltqube.org/source/

http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/restore-cd/1.6.1

> If not, is there any way to have the server be used as a DNS-Only
> server (without using the Cobalt GUI, like Terminal-Only or some other
> package like Webmin)?

Sure, you don't have to use the GUI for DNS,
Just edit /etc/named.conf
and add the db.domain.tld files to /etc/named/
execute thinsg like
 rndc reload
 rndc reconfig
 rndc status
Checkout "man rndc"

It's bind 9.2.1
Just don't ever do a dns operation in the GUI or it will get
overwritten.

> 2.) Is there a way to access it with the Null Cable via an Apple
> PowerBook (with OSX 10.3)? Like will a USB to Serial adaptor work? Any
> other suggestions?

No nothing about apples, except the story about 'Eve'

Gerald
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