[BlueOnyx:06247] Re: Newbie Install

[Bart P]

Sweet.  Thanks for the quick followup.

So, I guess this is the plan?

- Boot into my XP VM (I'm using VMWare Fusion)
- Connect the USB to DB9 converter (have one!)
- mount the ISO in XP
- Hyperterm into the RAQ
- Reboot RAQ

And from that point I'm kind of lost.  How to I get it to reboot to that
disc I mounted in XP?  Or does it boot over a network?

I had read up on Strongbolt, but also that's it's unsupported.  I had
downloaded an ISO of it, but I really want to use something with an active
and knowledgeable group (plus free is nice, too).

Thanks again for your help.  Very much appreciated.

-Bart

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Jeff Folk <jfolk at qzoneinc.com> wrote:

>
> 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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