RE: [cobalt-users] Can't boot from rom after upgrade on Raq3

["Rusty Waybrant" <rwaybrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Appel [mailto:tobias.appel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:12 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Can't boot from rom after upgrade on Raq3
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> after searching the archives for several hours (seems kinda 
> slow for me right now) I've got my Raq3 (just flashed with 
> 2.9.36 rom) booting again.
> 
> I've found a mail where someone had the same problems and
> just hit the S key and selected "boot from disk".
> 
> Now he claimed he has to do this every time he boots his
> Raq. Right now it's the same for me.
> 
> Since I'm thinking about installing the 550 OS (for which I 
> need this new rom) I want to ask if there is any workaround. 
> Because my Raq will be in a datacenter and there might not 
> always be someone around to press the button when I boot.
> 
> If there isn't any workaround I need to flash my old rom
> again and stick to the Raq3 OS or maybe Raq4.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any Info ,
> 
> Tobi 
> 

Don't know if this will work for you or not... But when I had issues
with 2 actual 550's and the bad kernel (c7), I was told to use
"/usr/sbin/cmos -c defboot r:d" to load kernel from ROM (after reboot)
to stabilize the production server. And then, "/usr/sbin/cmos -c defboot
d:d" to boot from disk again. I do not have any Raq3's to test, but I
see this is available on Raq4's

Rusty Waybrant
rwaybrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx