[cobalt-users] Re: Cobalt OS Restore CD

[Johan-Kristian Wold <jkwold@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #1112, Daren Cotter wrote:
<snip>
> One of our RaQ's recently died on us. It was using the RaQ2 Software. We
> are attempting to use the OS Restore CD to restore the RaQ, but are
> encountering problems. <snip>freezes at the "Starting Up" spot every time.
<snip>

This may be a stupid question, but have you tried to find out why the 
RaQ died ? If it died because of a hardware fault, such as a broken 
HD, the restore by itself may not help you. If you have a broken 
component, you have to change or fix the faulty part before doing the 
restore.

Try connecting a PC to the serial console port and do a reboot with 
the PC connected. You should see error messages alerting you to any 
faults.

I suspect your RaQ has died because of a drive fault. The drive fault 
may, or may not be repairable - an fsck from the console might do the 
trick. Try to find out if you can come up with an explanation for the 
fault, like a power surge, incorrect reboot and so on. If you can't 
find a reason for the drive crapping out, it might be an impending 
sign of doom (total drive failure).

If you do have a drive fault, I'd recommend swapping the drive anyway 
- mostly because swapping an IDE drive is much cheaper than the 
amount of work you have to do (and the dissatisfied customers) in 
case of a repeated failure...

Kind regards

Johan-Kr
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