Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:47:08 -0800 From: Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cobalt RaQ Message-ID: <v04210118b4db2cd9aaac@[209.239.239.22]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002241106540.52828-100000@asmodeus.diabolis.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002241106540.52828-100000@asmodeus.diabolis.net>
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Aren't they based on a RISC processor? I didn't think they were x86-based. That would make it, um, sort of difficult. jon At 12:09 PM -0500 2/24/00, Brian Anderson wrote: >On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > >> They say that there are not plans to support FreeBSD on these. I've not >> had a chance to really rip one apart, but I'm curious if anyone else here >> has -- surely it must be possible; the contention point being any of their >> proprietary software. > > >i had one in bits next to me last week. > >the thing that would make it difficult to put something else on them would >be the configuration. > >the front panel has a small lcd and some buttons, which is where the >configuration is done. so software for that would have to be written. then >the ongoing config is all through a series of web applications, which >would need to be ported. there is no keyboard/monitor connector, so >network access is critical. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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