[BlueOnyx:11664] HowTo upgrade Cobalt RaQ3 and RaQ4 to BlueOnyx 5106R on CentOS 5.8

[David Thacker]

Greetings,

I recently replaced some old RaQ3 and RaQ4 servers with newer faster 
hardware, running BlueOnyx 5107R on SL 6.3. Not wanting the old blue 
appliances to feel left out, I then worked through the process of 
upgrading them to run BlueOnyx 5106R on CentOS 5.8.

Of course, while the BlueOnyx software is fully modern, actively 
maintained and up to date, the Cobalt RaQ hardware is definitely old and 
tired and a wee bit slow. Still, they're at least useful for simple 
hosting or backup tasks.

I started with George (aka Mr. Webcam) Hall's instructions for upgrading 
the RaQ550s to BX, but found there were some differences for the older 
RaQ3 & RaQ4 machines, primarily the difference between the i586 platform 
vs i686. Anyway, with a fair bit of searching, testing, and patience I was 
ultimately successful. I've written up the whole process, in case anyone 
else wants to try the same thing.

http://www.thackernet.com/RaQtoBX/RAQ34_to_BlueOnyx.html


No warranties, ymmv, etc. Have fun!

Regards,

dAvid tHacker                                  Email: David at ThackerNet.com
Thacker Network Technologies Inc.                Http://www.ThackerNet.com