Hi everyone, I'm the owner of a Cobalt Raq2 with 256 MB RAM and an 80 GB hard drive. I'm wanting to turn it into a caching DNS and caching proxy server. To do this, I need to get it running.
I tried installing Gentoo on it. I spent an entire day fighting with it, and could never get it anywhere near being able to boot. No one seems to have done any updating on it for about 2 years. I'm currently trying to install Debian on it. I can get it to netboot. I can use a serial connection or SSH to connect in to run the installer. DHCP sets up the network for me. I can partition the hard drives. I can pick a mirror. It downloads and installs a pile of stuff. It never completes. When it tries to download the kernel, it fails. It doesn't matter which of the options I select. Frustrated, I found a newer nfsroot.tar.gz and started over. The installer looks better. It fails with the exact same error. It installs a pile of stuff, but it never succeeds in installing the kernel. Frustrated, I downloaded the netinst ISO image for Linux/MIPS (version 5.0.3). I mounted the ISO through a loopback and made it available through Apache. This should speed things up; I won't need to download additional megabytes of code. The netinst ISO image doesn't have any Release.gpg files on it. I'm still trying to find a way to get the installer to ignore that fact and get on with life. I am not succeeding. Consequently, I have no idea whether or not this will install the kernel. I can't get that far. Sorry if this sounds like a rant. I've been trying for a couple months to get this machine working (the only time I have to mess with it is on weekends) and I still have a beautiful, blue paperweight. Google isn't helping, much, on this quest. So, I'm asking for assistance. Any suggestions on what I can do to finally get this machine working? Thanks, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
