Re: [cobalt-security] Running another OS

[Jeroen Wunnink <jeroen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, you can install RaQ4 software on a RaQ3 without problems, RedHat 7.x 
IS possible, but risky and experimental since you'd need to flash the bios 
to support the bigger 2.4 kernels...., main reason for this is that the 
boot method Sun uses on their Raq's differs from generic x86 machines...

On http://www.gurulabs.com/downloads.html you can find an article to 
install Redhat on a Raq3/4 or Qube, you'll lose your warranty though IF you 
decide to do it..

I've been pondering to give it a try once too though so we could add the 
Raq's to our Hsphere cluster, it's a pain in the ass to update all Raq's 
seperately and wait for the Sun official releases, while running updates on 
our Hsphere cluster is done easily though the main controlpanel server..

At 03:52 PM 5/20/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> Just a quick question - and a bit OT but very much with security in mind - 
> is it possible to
> 'upgrade' a RaQ3 OS to that of a RaQ4?  In fact, is it possible to just 
> run a copy of Red Hat 7.x on
> a Cobalt?  I realise that you would loose the GUI and probably the front 
> panel but now they are
> classified as EOL, it would be nice to think that there was some future 
> use for old machines...
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Matt.
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