Re: [cobalt-security] Questions about official cobalt kernel

[Tom Worley <raq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 30 June 2002 6:42 pm, Paul Jacobs wrote:
> At 07:40 AM 6/30/2002, you wrote:
> > > Rick the truth is SUN does not know how to upgrade a RAQ2, 3, or RAQ 4
> > > to the 2.4 kernel, but if you buy the Raq 550 you will get the 2.4
> > > kernel....
> >:
> >:(
> >Of course they know how, one of their employees even provides unofficial
> >unsupported instructions on how to do so.
>
> Yea, where?

Thanks to Tim Hockin @ Sun:

ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.net/pub/users/thockin/2.4/
You MUST read the readmes there as you will need to flash the boot rom of your 
raq to make it boot (it won't otherwise). If you get the wrong boot image or 
do something wrong your raq will be dead and you'll need to send it back to 
Sun to get the flash rom replaced. It's not sockted, and very very hard to 
un-solder from the board.
I've had the 2.4 kernel running on two raq3/4s and various people I know have 
had it running ok.
If the flash goes wrong, DO NOT REBOOT!!!! You're only real chance at fixing 
it (i.e. flashing the backup of the rom you took...) can only be done before 
you reboot.
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