Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:25:29 +0100 From: Thomas von Hassel <t@garbage.dk> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: running freebsd os cobalt machines ? Message-ID: <70B2C589-3926-11D7-8E7A-0003936CEB72@garbage.dk>
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On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 04:58 PM, Dan Delaney wrote: > On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 10:34 AM, Thomas von Hassel wrote: >> i know someone asked this question before: >> But no one answered the man ...can anyone tell us if it can or >> cannot be done ? > > Personally, I doubt it. The Cobalt is not a generic machine, and it > runs a highly modified version of RedHat Linux. To install a new > version of RedHat onto it you have to install it onto the drive on > ANOTHER machine, apply the kernel patches, then put the drive back > into the Cobalt. The reason I doubt that you could put a BSD on it is > because of these Linux kernel patches that are needed to even make the > OS boot up on the Cobalt. > > But who knows. I've never tried putting a BSD on a Cobalt, but I have > put a new version of RedHat on one. It's a pain. Read through the > following site (which explains how to get a new version of RedHat on a > Cobalt) and see if you think it would work for a BSD. > > http://www.gurulabs.com/rhl-cobalt-howto/ ok thanx, i dont even know yet how old the machines are and what models they are. I just dont like to run productions servers on 3 year old technology with no possibility to upgrade/secure them /thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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