[BlueOnyx:02450] Re: Newby Help

[R F]

It was given to me. I just wanted to run a personal asterix server off it.
Not really intending to do anything else with it. Never intended to use it
in a business environment or serve sites other than freepbx. It's odd you
say there is nothing that will run on a RaQ550 as I see info on the web
showing other os's. Perhaps they are older os's not capable of running
asterix. I'm not sure. I'm trying to find a use for it. Since it works I
figured use it rather than put it in the land fill.


On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet <
cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com> wrote:

> T. K. Hughes wrote:
> > If I remember right,  The new iso does not auto start.  You have to do
> > something for it to load.  Download a older iso & update when you get it
> > config.  Thats all I can come up with at this time.
>
> Nope.   There is no BlueQuartz or BlueOnyx CD that will load on a
> Cobalt, since Cobalts require a proprietary OSRCD load.
>
> The closest you can get is to run Strongbolt, which is kind of a
> re-packaged BlueQuartz.   We used to have a couple customers on
> Strongbolt, and for what it is it works pretty well.   The problem
> you'll keep coming back to is that the hardware is just weak.
>
> But if you only have a couple of static sites, or maybe just some email,
> it might work for you.
> http://www.osoffice.co.uk/products/strongbolt.html
>
> My personal take is that for the US$65 or so that Strongbolt will cost,
> you're halfway to a far better performing server.   For instance,
> through one of our vendors we're picking up HP DL360 G3's, with Dual
> 3.06ghz Xeon / 2gb / 2x 36gb in hardware RAID for $125/ea.    Then
> BlueOnyx (with the latest CentOS 5 kernel) is free.
>
> Trying to squeeze anything out of an old Cobalt these days is just not
> cost effective!
>
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