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

[Spacey <space_biscuit@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bob G7 <Bob_G7@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> This may be just a touch off topic, but it may help some of us, in option 3
> above, you say "try a direct connect cross over cable".
> 
> Question, is there a difference between a crossover cable and a patch cable?
> I notice in my PC parts catalog, they are listed in 2 places, 1 for patch
> and another for cross over, but both being the same price.
> 
> At a well known national COMP(usa)uter store that will remain nameless, I
> asked the same question and 3 clerks/tech's were unable to answer that
> question and was hoping someone here could, at least for the archives.
> 
> Thanks.

This is a very valid question that I'd like an answer to as well... I think I distinctly remember
that I bought my cable exactly for the purpose of being able to "patch in" from the serial port. 
When I went to the store, I'm pretty sure I specified this as a "crossover serial cable", yet
today when I looked closely at it, it is yellow, with the word "patch" clearly printed along the
length in many places.

So... is there a difference?

It seems to me, to answer Gerald W's orignal question above, that I >am< using a valid NIC and a
crossover cable that works, as it >does< contact the DHCP OS Restore server to start the restore
process.  My logic is that this is true, because I see the process begin through my serial port
terminal, and it starts in on the RPM installs, but only gets to the sixth (NFS) install before
halting.

I'm thinking that the Restore CD that I burned is perhaps corrupt at that point on it...?
I may try downloading a new ISO from that other suggested site and trying that today. 

Thanks for all the help all,

Theo




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