[BlueOnyx:06244] Re: Newbie Install

[Jeff Folk]

On Jan 4, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Bart P wrote:

> Howdy!
> 
> I recently acquired a RAQ3 with the Cobalt OS on it and want to get it up to modern times with the BlueOnyx setup.

Congrats... and sorry. Just kidding. I love the Cobalt appliances. They are just getting so hard to support.

> It's only got a 10 gig drive, so I plan on swapping it out with a larger one.  It has 256 megs of ram, which I'd like to upgrade as well.
> 
> I have some questions about installing BlueOnyx.
> 
> Is it possible to extract the .iso to a USB drive and boot/install the RAQ from that drive?  Will I be able to do this all through the LCD display?  The first time I turned on the RAQ after purchase it walked me through the network setup and I was good to go. 

Not really possible to boot the RaQ from USB without a custom kernel installed to the ROM. (Strongbolt2 accomplished this, but is no longer supported)
Here is a tutorial I found:
http://www.openskill.be/files/2010/01/cobalt.pdf

Easiest way will be to have a PC (or PC VM on your Mac with a USB to DB9 serial converter). Maybe the crossover cable will work.

Even easier to use that PC to install BO on itself!!

> All the other computers in my house are Mac based and I don't have a serial port (I know, odd).
> 
> Sorry if these questions are so rudimentary.  There's just no real definitive guides for these systems out there and I'm hoping this mailing list will be of good help.  Just trying to get php on the Cobalt OS gave me fits.  Not to mention that I was not successful.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> ps: Sorry if this came through twice.  I screwed up the mail list sign up.
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