New kernel (Was: [cobalt-security] SUN don't care about securityupdate ?)

["Gavin Nelmes-Crocker" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry if this message get through twice but I don't think someone in Sun
liked my first post

> That is good to here, but will the upgrade path be easy ( a
> patch) or hard
> (a system reload) ?
>
> And when will it be available to download, and not screw up the box when
> you install...???

Paul you need to read Bruce's answer again he didn't say there would be an
upgrade he said that the next product and all future products will be based
on the 2.4 kernel.  In other words look closely at Tim Hockins stuff on 2.4
for the RaQ4 (I know a guy who is running 2.4.13, and converted the /home
and /var partitions to ext3 so it can be done but don't expect SunCobalt to
do it as you will gather from the thread the RaQ4 will become obsolete in
time and will suffer the same fate as the RaQ2 and RaQ3

> >Our next product, and all future products on the roadmap, will be based
> >on a 2.4.x kernel.

I think the most we should and deserve to hope for is for the features in
the manual to work on the product.

Bruce remember the 2001 Worldwide - I was promised that the backup facility
was going to be fixed and back ported to the RaQ3 and RaQ4 and maybe even
the RaQ2 and Qube2..!