Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks to everyone for your answers. > > I've still some questions left: > > > Am 26. Apr 2004 um 7:17 Uhr schrieb Stuart Longland: > >You can run later versions of Linux on these boxes, including 2.6.x, > >however, if you're using the standard stock firmware (not CoLo), you'll > >need to keep the size of the compressed kernel below 675kB. (I believe > >this last restriction makes it _very_ difficult to get anything above > >2.4.22 going properly) > > 1. > I fetched the last version, looked at the README and it says it > overwrites the firmware, and then there's no more netbooting. Ehmm... > if I break the machine, how would I boot it when there's no more > netbooting? It doesn't have external media (CD, Disk, Zip,...)
>From what I heard, colo can work as primary bootloader (replacing the firmware) as well as chained bootloader (started from the fimware). > 2. > This 675kB-limit... that means I will not be able to boot the coming > d-i-beta4, if I do not upgrade the firmware? I can't do that (see 1.), > so Debian will "never" be suitable for a RaQ2? Currently, you can install a d-i daily build only if you already have a running linux on that box, IIRC because colo has no tftp netboot support yet. Thiemo
