I would just mount it as a secondary drive on a Linux PC, that works fine. The Raq4 firmware is smart and can mount the root EXT2 filesystem directly, it loads a gzip compressed kernel from there. There is no LILO or other standard boot loader involved and the kernel is not of the bzImage compressed variety. Because there is no separate /boot partition there may be kernel loading problems if the kernel doesn't by coincidence sit entirely near the start of the disk. I just wouldn't try to go there, odds of success are extremely limited. I would not say it is totally impossible if one has a LOT time to waste with various loader scenarios using floppies and possibly a kernel rebuild.
Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of lists > Sent: January 15, 2003 8:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [cobalt-security] Re: boot/mount a raq4 drive in non-cobalt > hardware? > > > >> Is there any other hardware I can put it in that will > >> allow it to boot? I have a spare raq2 - > >> can I mount it as a secondary drive > >> in that? > > > > sure you can > > Do you mean sure I can mount it as a secondary? > If so that's great. But Id rather boot it so I can > better see how its been hacked. Any idea if it's > possible to put the disk in a PC and boot it? > > Julian > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-security mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security > _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
