RE: [cobalt-users] Re: RaQ XTR always boots to ROM mode

["Paul D. Godley" <pgodley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, it has not been back to Sun. The first one I ordered (March) would not
even boot at all. This one is a replacement (delivered April) and it *has*
rebooted successfully in the past, but will not now.

I found out about the recall only yesterday while researching this problem.
And I found out about it only via the lists like this...nothing from Sun
Cobalt. I'll look for someone at Sun to call about the recall on Monday, but
does anyone have any experience with the XTR recall? Refund? Replacement?
How long it takes? Who to contact? Etc?

Thanks!

-P

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Blue Raq
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 4:09 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Re: RaQ XTR always boots to ROM mode
>
>
> This sounds like one of the original XTR's, has this been back to
> Sun? There
> was a recall on the XTR this year, it was known to have loads of
> bugs and I
> think the replacement has only just come out.
>
> Fraser
>
>
> I rebooted my RaqXTR (purchased 03/01) about two weeks ago. It stopped in
> ROM menu mode and has on every reboot since. With a serial
> monitor attached
> it displays
>
> Press spacebar to enter ROM mode
> Cobalt:Main Menu>
>
> without pressing the spacebar. It goes instantly from the "press"
> message to
> the "Cobalt:Main Menu" prompt. The LCD display shows "Sys in ROM
> menu mode".
>
> If I do nothing other than enter "quit", it will go ahead and
> boot normally.
> But this is not a viable solution since I usually do not have physical
> access to the machine. (It's been pulled from the hosting site to work on
> this problem.)
>
> I can find no reference to this behavior in any of the docs or
> knowlegebase.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -P
>
>
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