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[cobalt-users] Re: What does "BAD MAC ADDR TEST FAILED!" mean?

I later discovered we have an OS Restore CD specifically for the 4r and it
took care of the problem.

				- Ken -

"K. Maupin" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> While attempting to rebuild a RaQ 4r (model number R46 GH8 RIU) with
> the OS Restore CD, I received the following message on the LCD during
> boot...
> 
> BAD MAC ADDR
> TEST FAILED!
> 
> This error occurs shortly after booting and halts the boot process
> before presenting any interactive choices.  Based on console output,
> it boots as far as mounting the root file system off the NFS partition
> before failing...
> 
> "raid1: raid set md1 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
> md: updating md1 RAID superblock on device
> hdc1 [events: 0000001b](write) hdc1's sb offset: 768000
> hda1 [events: 0000001b](write) hda1's sb offset: 768000
> .
> ... autorun DONE.
> Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 10.27.0.1
> request_module[bandwidth_mgr]: Root fs not mounted
> Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 10.27.0.1
> VFS: Mounted root (NFS filesystem) readonly.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
> INIT: version 2.74 booting
> none on /proc type proc (rw)"
> 
> The CD is about a year old and I believe it predates the 4r.  Its part
> number is 960-RAQ401001U.
> 
> Someone posted on this subject in May of 2000, but no one provided a
> satisfactory answer...
> 
> http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2000-May/011515.html
> 
> Any guidance would be appreciated.  Thanks!
> 
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