Re: [cobalt-users] Boot from ROM RAQ550

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> I have a 550 raq and yesterday (Saturday evening) I installed the C9
Kernel
> update.
> After that the raq didn't boot anymore. Big drama! We have some
> webshops on there that make a lot of money in the weekend.
> I called the guys from the datacenter, they tried to reboot the raq but
> without succes.
> Somebody suggested to boot from ROM and this worked. The raq is up and
> running again.
>
> But I get an email from Cron deamon every hour that says :
>
> Cron <root@www> run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> iptables v1.2.1a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who?
> (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be
> upgraded. iptables v1.2.1a: can't initialize iptables table `filter':
> iptables who? (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your kernel
needs
> to be upgraded.................
>
> I don't know anything about this apache/linux/cobalt stuff.
> I also think that buying the RAQ in the first place was a big mistake for
> us. Last summer we had
> the Kernel C7 reboot problem, now this. We are seriously considering to
move
> our webshops to another host
> so that we don't have to worry about patches, updates, security and so on.
> Lode
> My questions :
>
> What exactly does this "boot from ROM" do?

it uses a kernel built into the ROM...

> Can I keep it running like this?

People do but you shouldn't

> Can I install the rest of the patches?

yes.. and do the next kernel update too..  but you might want to try to find
out why the last one wouldn't boot... space problem maybe???

> What about that iptable thing?

thats normal since your running an old kern...

Zeffie
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