Re: [cobalt-users] Updating ROMs

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, T. Jay Fowler wrote:
> Well, now one of the drives failed, and I NEED to replace it.  Gerald
> suggested that I upgrade the ROM.
>
> 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
,>
> 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.

> 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.
>
>
> 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.

  No, I suggested V2.3.38

  Gerald
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