Let me know how you get on ; I would be interested in this! Post up the problems here and I'll see if I can help; I'm not sure to what degree the Cobalt hardware will cause problems, but its worth a try.
Siggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Nuzum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cobalt-Developers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:12 PM Subject: [cobalt-developers] raq os in vmware > I'm getting into some pretty interesting software installs. I'd like to > perfect the process of getting these installs converted into packages, > but I've run into a few problems. > > A: It's sometimes difficult to install the same software package twice, > which means I'd have to do an OS restore between attempts making the > development time very long. > B: I don't have very many unused servers (actually, I have only one and > it goes into production next week) > C: My servers are 45 miles away and getting to them is no fun. My > service provider will shoot my servers if they have to reboot them 18 > times a day. > > So the holy grail of solutions seems to be to use VMWare. I can do the > install and then make a copy of the virtual disk. Then I can do all the > hacking I want and if I fry the system, I just delete the disk and make > another copy of the original. > > How else can you do an OS restore in under 60 seconds? > > I've searched the list archives and found several mentions of the > subject. However I haven't heard of any success stories. Has anyone > tried this and had any measure of success? > > Here are the problems I foresee: > > A: My computer doesn't have the cool LCD or controls on the front. > Neither does VMWare. > B: What about the ROM/BIOS/EEPROM? Is there something funny about it > that ties into the Cobalt OS? I know the rc.* scripts routinely write > to the LCD panel, but that should be a piece of cake to handle (rm -r > /etc/rc.d right?) > C: Licensing. I'm not really sure what the license is on Cobalt's > software. I'm a software developer and I like it when people respect my > license wishes. I'm going to try to not run around violating other's. > D: How the heck would you install it if you don't have a bootable > Ethernet card? > > As an alternative, if someone out there wants to trade an old Raq3 or > Raq4 for software installation services, I'd be happy to accommodate. > Contact me off list. > > Thanks in advance, > > Matthew Nuzum > www.bearfruit.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers > _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
