Martin Michlmayr wrote:
* Christoph Pfisterer <cp@chrisp.de> [2004-09-19 17:15]:I used the Cobalt CD to restore the original OS.Out of interest, how does that work? Does it just put some standard intallation on the disk without any user interaction?
Almost. You boot a PC from the CD, turning it into a DHCP and NFS server. Then you connect the PC and the Qube with a crossover cable and netboot the Qube. When booted, you make two choices on the LCD panel: First you select the exact model of Qube from a list, second is the usual "Are you sure?" question. The install system then wipes the disk and installs a fresh system. It's quite verbose about what it does on the LCD and even shows the name of each RPM as it is pulled from the PC and installed. On the first boot, the Qube uses DHCP to find the network; if that doesn't work, it asks for an IP address on the LCD panel. Everything else is done via HTTP.
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