Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ 4i Stuck at Loading Kernel...

["Rich Leaf" <rjleaf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>One laptop, one null modem cable.
>
>I've seen that before, the LCD saying Loading Kernel, but the serial
>console asking for the root password, so that a human can run fsck.

/me thinks that sounds easy

*but*

Then I hook it up, and each time it does something different when it is
powered on!  Sometimes the LCD sticks with the row of ############ 
sometimes it just  says COBALT NETWORKS and sometimes, it actually starts
to boot the kernel, but freezes up at a different spot in the boot process
each time.  Then there are the times when the LCD stays blank.

I looked at the eq. inside the unit and saw SEAGATE all over the hard
drive and just laughed hysterically.  Figures.

Anywho - anyone else have suggestions before I call off to sun?  I have a
recent full backup on my workstation so I am not too worried about data
loss, only bounced emails.  Luckily, this system was still in testing
before it went live.

Rich Leaf
Webmaster
Lawrence Public Schools
http://www.usd497.org/
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