Re: [cobalt-users] [Qube2700] Is it broken?

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> I got a CacheQube2700 from eBay, it was shipped in OK condition.
> I got it, and RAM was lose, and the CMOS battery thing came of, so
> I soldered it back on... (all due to the delivery - overseas)...
>
> So, I boot the thing, it hangs at "Starting up"... Just sits
> there... When I netboot, it formats the drives in 2 seconds...
> That's not normal... Then it reboots again, hangs at "starting up"
> ... Already replaced the harddrive... No luck...
>
> Any suggestions?

Not all the early Qubes could be rebuilt via OS Restore - they had to 
be sent back to Cobalt to be rebuilt.  I'm not sure if you have one 
of those or not.

If you have another MIPS box, you can swap the drive into that, 
rebuild it with the OSRCD (I don't know if there's a CacheQube CD 
though - you might need to make it a "regular" Qube 2), then put the 
drive back in the Qube and run the setup wizard.

- -- 
Bruce Timberlake

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