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

["Leslie Herps" <herps@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your answer...
Tried that... Put the HDD in my RAQ2, and it DID install the Qube2 image
now...
But still, the CacheQube 2700 won't "starting up" fully... :(

A Qube2 ISO on a CacheQube2700 WILL work right?

Leslie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Timberlake" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [Qube2700] Is it broken?


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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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