RE: [cobalt-security] Re: boot/mount a raq4 drive in non-cobalt hardware?

["Eric Frisch" <ericf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would just mount it as a secondary drive on a Linux PC, that works fine.
The Raq4 firmware is smart and can mount the root EXT2 filesystem directly,
it loads a gzip compressed kernel from there.  There is no LILO or other
standard boot loader involved and the kernel is not of the bzImage
compressed variety.  Because there is no separate /boot partition there may
be kernel loading problems if the kernel doesn't by coincidence sit entirely
near the start of the disk.  I just wouldn't try to go there, odds of
success are extremely limited.  I would not say it is totally impossible if
one has a LOT time to waste with various loader scenarios using floppies and
possibly a kernel rebuild.

Eric

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> Subject: [cobalt-security] Re: boot/mount a raq4 drive in non-cobalt
> hardware?
>
>
> >> Is there any other hardware I can put it in that will
> >> allow it to boot? I have a spare raq2 -
> >> can I mount it as a secondary drive
> >> in that?
> >
> > sure you can
>
> Do you mean sure I can mount it as a secondary?
> If so that's great. But Id rather boot it so I can
> better see how its been hacked. Any idea if it's
> possible to put the disk in a PC and boot it?
>
> Julian
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