RE: [cobalt-users] ROM upgrade carshed Raq4i

["Gavin Nelmes-Crocker" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One of my colleagues has upgraded the ROM on one of our Cobalt 
> Raq4i's.  now 
> it will not boot up and even after using a Coblat OS restore 
> CD, it will not 
> boot up.  It just seems to hang at the SUN COBALT display 
> whith the scrolling 
> cursor.  Is there any way we can restore the original ROM 
> from the new one to 
> the old one?  

By what means were you upgrading - SSH in and doing a backup then a
flashwrite or via an OSRCD and what version of Rom were you trying to
update to.  I presume by what you have said that you have rebooted the
RaQ4i so did the update tell you the Rom had been flashed successfully.

To use a phrase of a colleague on another list but referring to the same
subject I suspect you have just made a boat anchor as the ROMs are now
part of the motherboard and not removable.

please supply more info and its possible that a solution could be found
- if you haven't rebooted/switched off then please don't or you will
have very little chance of recovery.

Gavin