Re: [cobalt-users] Raq3i OS-Restore Pause Problem Continued...

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 18 October 2002 22:32, Spacey wrote:
> Ugh!... Finally got the ide/hard-drive problem figured out and then I tried
> another Restore-CD round.  This time it begins to format the hard-drive and
> copy over the RPMs... but then it halts at 6/266 (says such on the
> LCD-screen) or so of the RPMs when it tests the NFS Server.... This is the
> message I get off the serial port connection at this halting stage:
>
>    nfs: server 10.0.0.254 not responding, still trying
>    nfs: server 10.0.0.254 not responding, still trying
>    nfs: server tester not responding, still trying
>
> The Tx/Rx light kept blinking on the front of the machine, but nothing was
> happening for quite a while.
>

1) are you using an approved NIC on the PC?
2) try a different hub or switch
3) try a direct connect cross over cable

Gerald
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