[BlueOnyx:01243] Re: Blue Onyx on a Cobalt Qube 3?

Steve Howes steve at geekinter.net
Sun May 17 17:03:04 -05 2009


On 17 May 2009, at 23:00, Dave Ritchie wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  does Blue Onyx run on a Cobalt Qube 3 (AMD K6-2)? What is the best
> way to go about installing it? I currently have the last Sun Cobalt
> release installed on the machine, but would like to get a release
> that is more current due to security concerns.. Does this require an
> boot EPROM upgrade? Is there a FAQ yet?

It wont be easy. Getting the 2.6 kernel to boot on a Qube is a real  
bitch. The ROM has kernel size limits which generally causes problems.  
Found a 2.4 once that worked.

Steve



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