RE: [cobalt-users] 550 resynchronization/reboot loop

["Richard Sidlin" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Subject: [cobalt-users] 550 resynchronization/reboot loop
>
>
>Ugh, problem started earyly this morning.
>I have a dual 80GB Raq550 that is stuck in this resync, reboot loop.
>
>All was working fine up till now, and haven't done any 
>patching, and avoided the 3 latest ones, though did the All 
>Security V-3 one a few weeks ago, which has the DNS with new 
>vsite issue.
>
>>From previous posts, looks like this is one solution:
>"I have had a service request with Sun for 3 weeks now. They 
>have about 4 customers with the same problem. It has now 
>escalated to the US team. Still no answer so I got fed up and 
>rolled back to the previous kernel and it is now back to normal."
>
>Any other solutions?
>
>How does one roll back to the previous kernel?
>
>thnx, Manny
>

cd /tmp
wget
ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/kernel-2.4.16C12_V-1.i
386.rpm
wget
ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.4.16C
12_V-1.i386.rpm
wget
ftp://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/bwmgmt-1.0.0_2.4.16C12
_V-1.i386.rpm
rpm --install --force kernel-2.4.16C12_V-1.i386.rpm
rpm --install --force kernel-headers-2.4.16C12_V-1.i386.rpm
rpm --install --force bwmgmt-1.0.0_2.4.16C12_V-1.i386.rpm
/sbin/reboot

After it rebooted, it started the sync again and told me that the 2nd
drive was dead. I rebooted again via the GUI and it started syncing from
about 80% and has been fine ever since. It has also taken all of the
updates since then.


Richard Sidlin



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