[cobalt-users] Updating ROMs

["T. Jay Fowler" <tjay@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I've looked through the archives and have a good idea of what I am in 
for, but wanted to see  if I could build a little consensus on what to 
watch out for and what steps should be taken to minimize risk in upgrading 
the ROM on the Raq4r.

A little background - I'm having trouble getting the Raq4r to recognize my 
replacement disk - it'll just won['t accept the new disk and add it to the 
RAID.  A long story short - I pulled one of my disks when I thought I 
might have an integrity issue, issue resolved, I wanted to replace the 
removed drive and keep the original as backup.  I bought replacement drives 
from Gerald Waugh, and popped one in and on boot the Raq sees the drives 
as incompatible.

So, I wiped my original drive (the one I pulled) and it accepted it with no 
issue and sync'ed away.

Well, now one of the drives failed, and I NEED to replace it.  Gerald 
suggested that I upgrade the ROM.

I have 2.3.35 and he suggested that it might be a little picky when it 
comes to the RAID workings.  He suggested I upgrade to V2.3.30.

So, here's my question:

Are there any tips and tricks and things I should investigate before I 
attempt to do this?  I'd like to learn as much from others before I run 
off and render my machine useless.

All that said I, of course, absolve any of you of any responsibility - 
just looking for tips :).

Thanks!

t. jay