on Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 06:43:03PM -0500, Stathy G. Touloumis (stathy@stathy.com) wrote: > > >older systems were MIPS, newer are x86 hardware, and > >there may be a CDROM port. > > The older versions are MIPS which I have found the Deb distro for this > as well as 2.4 kernel patches specifically for the RaQ. I am able to > access the Serial port and that is how I plan to install a 'real' OS > on it. The only way to reinstall an OS on the RaQ is to netboot > (bootp) and load the kernel via NFS as well as the root file system. > I got that far and am able to access the OS through the serial port > but just need a utility (dbootstrap) to make the installation easy. Another possiblity is to install a base system, modify the bootloader, put a getty on serial, and pray. Not that I've tried this. > debbootstrap - do you know what package this is listed under or how to > get the source? All I know is that Heather Stern (heather@starshine.org) put it together, and it's one of the installers on the LNX-BBC disk. Not sure if it's all put together or not, or where sources are. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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