Re: 5.0 restorecd

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

> Quick question on netbooting the 2700.  Mine isn't netbooting when I  
> hold down the left and right buttons and power up it goes through the  
> disk check and then just displays an underscore on the screen "_" .

There might be some failures on hardware checks.

> I'm wondering does yours say "Netbooting" on the lcd even when it's  
> trying and failing to netboot.

Even on normal boot, "Starting Up..." message should appear
after initial PROM checks.

Here is output via seiral console on my 2700:

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Cobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'
Built Fri Jun  5 10:42:59 PDT 1998

 1.LCD Test................................PASS
 2.Controller Test.........................PASS
 4.Flash Test..............................PASS
 5.Bank 0:.................................16M
 6.Bank 1:.................................16M
 7.Bank 2:.................................16M
 8.Bank 3:.................................16M
 9.Serial Test.............................PASS
10.PCI Expansion Slot....................**Unknown Card**
12.IDE Test................................PASS
13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
16.RTC Test................................PASS

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It might help to unplug and plug all boards and connectors
if your trouble is caused by electrical contact problem.

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Izumi Tsutsui