Re: [cobalt-users] Raq hangs at Net Booting

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Are you 100% sure you are using the correct Ethernet card suggested by
Cobalt? Otherwise, it will never work.

David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steelhead" <brk@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <brk@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Raq hangs at Net Booting


> I have a RAQ which has some issues.  Last year the system wedged
> following an attack (it was hosting a local Ford Dealership when tires
> were exploding )and has never been up since.
>
> We looked at the derive carefully and found the / was impacted, and
> critical info was missing.  It boots and configures, but does not
> respond to the outside world under any circumstances.  We have tried to
> run the restore cd on the box with several different drives, it hangs at
> "netbooting".  We tried reusing the original drive, it hangs at
> "netbooting".
>
> The restore system has been tried with different host computers, on some
> the nic is obviously not installed  others it is properly configured.
> The result is the same.
>
> We have tried xover cables.  We have put it on an isolated segment of a
> working hub.  We have tried it with nothing else on a working hub.
>
> I have no more clues.
>
> Please offer me hope that the box is not just rack dressing.
>
> Best regards,
> Bill
>
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