[geeks] What to do with my Qube 3?

[Mike Hebel]

On Sep 15, 2008, at 6:50 PM 9/15/08, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> Hey folks...
>
> I literally dusted off my old Cobalt Qube 3. I'd like to make it  
> "useful" again, mainly as a "landing pad" for a separate lab  
> network in my home. It would also do some basic port forwarding.
>
> However, installing an OS on it other than it's ancient version of  
> Linux seems to be a bear. The NetBSD restore CD is only for the  
> MIPS versions.
>
> Has anyone here installed a more modern OS on it? Did you just swap  
> out the drive to another server, install there, and have it "work"  
> back in the other system?
>
> Thanks!

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/index.php/ 
Main_Page#Alternate_operating_systems_on_Cobalt_hardware

I kind of like the fact there's a link to Ubuntu for the Qube3.

Mind you I haven't tried any of these but if you have a spare Qube3  
you want to send me to play with I'll be happy to accept it. ;-D

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Mike Hebel


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