RE: [cobalt-users] Re: ROM upgrade goes wrong

["Neil Stringer" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Felice wrote ....
> Did they same mistake and had to order a ROM from Gerald. I 
> then sent motherboard and ROM to a local company and got it 
> soldered on. 
> 
> Mike, did you try to install the OS from the RaQ550 OS 
> Restore CD? During the OS restore process where you told: 
> "Can't get your hardware codename, will choose from menu. 
> Select Hardware:"? Did you then select Raq550? If yes, this 
> was your mistake. In your case you should have selected RaQ4. 
> If you chose the right hardware you can then select the ROM 
> version 2.9.34 and safely flash the ROM and install the OS 550.

Me too :-(

Gerald fixed it - this guy walks on water!

However _TAKE_CARE_, nah that's not strong enough, _TAKE_GREAT_CARE_...
the hardware selection mentioned above must be revision (hardware, ROM
version, ISO image - who knows) specific because it does not always ask
this question - mine did not, but from Gerald's investigation it may be
safe to assume that mine is an early Raq4i... It certainly had
significant differences from others that he has seen.  I was given the
thing, and have no idea of age, but seeing as I have just replaced both
fans due to excessive noise, which I took to be an indication of
longevity, I assume it is older rather than younger... That and the fact
that it would not boot with a later ROM version...
--
Neil