RE: [cobalt-users] Test FAILED: POWER OFF NOW

["Colin J. Raven" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, February 16, 2004 19:37, cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
spewed:

> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Greg Hewitt-Long wrote:
> 
>> I'm loading a fresh OS from an OSRCD and I get the error:
>> 
>> Test FAILED:
>> POWER OFF NOW
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> there can be numerous reasons this happened.
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> 
> You really have to use the console port and log/capture the
> console output. 
Somewhat tangentially, I've never had *any* success connnecting to the
serial port with either RAQ's or (and in particular) my little Qube2.
It's as if the serial port is decoration...not once have I ever been
able to establish a working session. Annoying, since when I've wanted
to do as you advocated above it's proven to be totally imposssible.
[OT]
In other news, I bought a Shuttle last week and installed FreeBSD on
the thing. Quiet, *loaded* with goodies, tiny yet powerful - Intel
hyperthreading CPU, 2GB RAM...hoogah! (it likes my Qube, I think they
may reproduce). I sure do like this little 'fella.
[/OT]

Regards to one 'n all,
-Colin
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Colin J. Raven