[cobalt-users] Still weird problem w/OS restore of Raq 4r to 3i box...

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Now I'm totally flummoxed.

I have two brand new, identical 20 GB Maxtor drives (on sale currently at 
CompUSA for $50 after rebate, BTW). I install one where the original Raq 
Seagate was, the other with a separate cable to the 2nd IDE channel.  Both 
drives configured as "master" on their respective channels.

With the 4r restore disk running, the 3i box netboots properly, and the LCD 
screen says "testing manufacturer config", followed by "formatting 
disk"  and a couple of other quick messages, then, very rapidly, "shutting 
down mail server" and "REBOOTING".... and then it tries to reboot, and just 
hangs.

But if I use the 4i disk, it works fine, partitions the disk, installs the 
software, and does everything it's supposed to do.

I would think that maybe the CD was defective burned from the ISO, but for 
the fact that the operation seems to fail at the moment the software is 
trying to format the drives.

Any ideas?