[cobalt-users] Re: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #3180 - 16 msgs

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[ David writes... ]

> I have a new Cobalt XTR that I am trying to configure.  Currently it
> takes at least an hour to boot.  It seems to hang with the message
> "Checking  disk..." for a long time, the lights indicate a lot of
> disk activity.  After about an hour the machine reboots itself then
> finally comes up.
 
> Anyone have similar trouble? Any ideas?
> The machine has three drives for a total of 60GB.

Are you sure it's an hour? Based on the 3-drive RAID-5 configuration
you can reasonably expect 20-30 minutes for it to run through the
whole reboot/check-disk routine if it was powered down incorrectly.

If you hold the "Cobalt" button in until the machine shuts off, this
is not the correct way to do it. You only need to press it once, then
confirm a proper shutdown it through the LCD console. The other ways
are a reboot through the GUI or the proper shutdown telnet command.
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Jay Tingley, BlackSun
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