Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3-en-OSUpdate-5.0.pkg, server down after install

[Andy Brown <andy.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<snip>
> Just went and installed the RaQ3-en-OSUpdate-5.0.pkg, download from
> Sun. Waited 45 minutes for re-boot button to come up, it didn't. So I
> re-loaded installer page which showed the update as loaded and had all
> the 'Obsoletes Previous Updates' removed from the list.
>
> Re-booted and server never came back on-line, contacted NetNation's
> great 24/7 support who had noticed it wasn't responding to pings. They
> rebooted server a few times... It seems to reboot OK and has host name
> and IP address configured through the LCD, but is completely dead to
> the network.
</snip>

I *think* this might be because you applied the update via the GUI, which on 
the test-box i've tried and always fails in one way or another with the 
update.

wget the file, and then use cobalt_upgrade via ssh to install it, on the 
vanilla box here I tried it and all went fine after reboot, apart from the 
other error i've posted to the list.

For your box, if they can get in over serial, it might be worth trying to 
re-apply the pkg, although unfortunately that might not work very easily :(

-- 
Regards,
Andy
andy@xxxxxxxxxx

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