[cobalt-users] Lost root password combined with disk errors on a RAQ3, please help me out..

["Matt Syracuse" <syracuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Lost root password combined with disk errors on
a RAQ3, please help me out..
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:02:38 -0400
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> I just received an old RAQ3 that wasn't in use,
> the problem is that I don't have the root password,
> and the disk have errors.
>
> I never pass the booting stage on the lcd menu, so
> I can't reset the password with a paperclip...
>
> Is there any way else to reset the password, or have I done it
> incorrectly?
>
> Without the password I can't go into maintenance mode
> when I connect with a null modem cable to the serial port.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestion of what I can do?
>

I've seen mention on the list of removing the hard drive and putting it in
another machine for troubleshooting. Then you'll also probably need the OS
restore CD.
--
Dan Kriwitsky



Dan,
see the Cobalt Knowledgebase article #818...
http://www.cobalt.com/support/kb/search.php3?ques=booting&qid=818&language=1

I had the same thing happen to one of my servers.  It's just like running
SCANDISK on a PC, except the RaQ3 doesn't do it automatically.

/\/\att
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Matt Syracuse
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