Re: [cobalt-users] Booting Problem on Raq3

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From: "David Thurman" <dthurman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Booting Problem on Raq3


> on 8-22-01 11:55 AM, Halenet1@xxxxxxx at Halenet1@xxxxxxx was reported to
> have made a statement that said this:
>
> > This morning a tech found that my server was in stuck booting mode,
though
> > the server had not recently been restarted. After rebooting it, we found
it
> > made it through the following steps:
> > 1. Turns on
> > 2. Cobalt welcome screen
> > 3. Disk light turns on
> > 4. Loading Kernal
> > 5. Decompressing ____ (flashed really quickly)
> > 6. Booting (gets stuck in that mode
> >
> > Any ideas as to what the problem is?
> >
> > I'm going to try using a null modem connection to troubleshoot.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -- Greg
> >
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> We had a raq3 that was stuck in the same situation. I fought it for an
hour
> and gave up. Did a restore. Fortunately it was a empty box and had nothing
> on it of concern.
> --
> Thank you,
> David E Thurman
> Web Presence Group
> 309.676.5688
> dthurman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.webpresencegroup.net

I have my current raq for the same reason.  If a root partition fills up
beyond a certain point, or a data error hits, the box *may* be fixable only
with a restore.  You can ask cobalt for help, they may walk you through a
solution, but it is unlikely.  Your best bet is to recover the files on
another linux box, restore and reinstall.

 Bill