Matthew, Thanks you for your reply. Have you used updated the ROM on any machines. I'm just being paranoid about all the things that could go wrong in this work.
I am (re)considering updating the ROM if I can find a couple of people who have said that they have done it without any problems. Paul > From: Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 19:23, Paul wrote: > Greetings, > > Background: > > Our company has received a Raq4 on loan from Sun Australia to trial > some software on. The conditions are that the machine is return as we > received it. This means that I cannot risk upgrading the ROM, so I'm > looking at alternative methods for booting 2.4.x kernels (which > requires the ROM upgrade). (See > http://traumatized.org/linux/cobalt/kernel.php for info on installing > Slackware with 2.4.x kernels.) > I can't imagine why you want to do this, but since you do... > > The rom programming script that they use appears to make a backup of the > rom image. That means that if you use it correctly, and you don't hose > your system, you **SHOULD** be able to put your old ROM back on. > > I've done this before on PCs. Needless to say, this isn't your typical > PC, so no guarantees that my experience means anything. > > Matt Nuzum > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
