You may be right about RaQ2, but RaQ3, RaQ4, Qube3 and others have
unofficialt 2.4 kernels available. If you use them the responsibility is
entirely yours, though.

For example:

ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/

You do risk your machine not functioning at all, though. :)

s�n, 2002-06-30 kl. 04:57 skrev Paul Jacobs:
> At 12:20 PM 6/29/2002, you wrote:
> > > I would like to know why are the cobalt kernels quite an old
> > > version while the latest version is 2.4.18. I reckon that it
> > > is one of the possible reasons for attacks.
> >
> >Rick - Cobalt never claimed to use the latest and greatest they used
> >what did the job - most of the exploits that have come out in the last
> >few months have been related to pretty much anything but the kernel,
> >we've seen patches for some/most.  If the RaQ does the job it was sold
> >for why do you want/need the latest kernel.  If you want the latest and
> >greatest software then you have bought the wrong box go and buy a white
> >box server and install the flavour of your choice of Linux then you can
> >have what you want.
> >
> >Gavin
> 
> Rick the truth is SUN does not know how to upgrade a RAQ2, 3, or RAQ 4 to 
> the 2.4 kernel, but if you buy the Raq 550 you will get the 2.4 kernel.... :(
> 
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