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Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ2] unit not starting up
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ2] unit not starting up
- From: "Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 9 12:18:12 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
"Chris Davies" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> I'm having a major problem with one of my Cobalt machines. It is a RAQ2.
>
> It won't startup. I have switched off the unit several times and restarted
> it again and it gets stuck at 'starting up' on the LCD screen.
>
> On the LED's, when the unit starts up, the 'disk' LED lights up and then the
> 'starting up' text appears on the LCD screen, but nothing happens after
> this, it just gets stuck there.
>
> Is there any way around this? How can I get the data off the RAQ if the RAQ
> won't bootup?
>
Pull the drive, install on a desktop Linux system,
mount the drive and have a look at the partitions.
If you can't read them, do fsck, you may be able
to salvage your data.
Gerald