Re: [cobalt-users] Qube 2 loses IP, and reboots over and over...

["fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this a new box? I presume it is. I would try as few things. First, make
sure the box is running on a UPS. Power problems, as you know, can cause
strange things to happen. Second, try configuring it without cables in the
NIC ports. You may have a problem with those wires or the hub. In short,
lets first isolate the box from the environment and see if the problem
persists. I will be up late tonight and I will check my email as often as I
can for you.

Thanks,
Fred Taub
fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Hawke Robinson wrote:

> We have a PRODUCTION!!!! (I don't know who the idiot was that put this
> in place!).
> Qube 2 that has gone on the fritz.
> When iot reboots, it boots up showing the IP on the LCD as 0.0.0.0, also
> the Primary network interface link light only blinks for a few seconds
> when the box first powers on, then the link light goes out (and stays
> out).
> So I then choose "Select"
> "Setup Network"
> "Enter"
> And low and behold, the IP info I put in is still there, so I hit Enter
> (all this is on the LCD of course).
> for the IP, ad Enter for the subnet mask, and enter for the gateway,
> then
> "Y" to [S]ave.
> It then shows
> "Verifying and Saving"
> then starts shutting down services, then the link light comes on, and
> the ip can respond to pings, until it finishes shutting down, and starts
> it boot up procedure all over again.  THIS IS UNBELIVEABLE!!!!   Is it
> going into some sort of single user mode?  Unfortunately whoever
> designed the the box, and added the serial port, only made the port
> usable for a modem to be hooked up, rather than use their head, and make
> a console pot available.  Sheesh!!!
> Please, does anyone know how to break out of this cycle?
> I already tried Network Reset,  resetting the admin password through the
> papareclip port.
> I'm ot of ideas, it's Saturday, this has caused thousands of dolloars of
> lost revenue (I finally ripped the box out, and setup a Digital PC to ge
> by, but I just want to know the answer to this issue.  We have two
> qubes, and putting the HD in the other behaves exactly the same way, so
> something in the startup scripts must be wreakin this havoc.
> Oh for a console port!
> Help!
> -Hawke
>
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