Ok, this one is resolved. Be careful when you're changing a harddrive in your
Qube: check hdd jumper settings. Here is an excerpt from posting on
debian-mips:

 *  If, on the serial console, you see:

      Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again

   Check the jumpers on your hard drive.  The jumper on my Qube's hard
   drive had settings for "Primary" and for "Only disk in the chain".  I
   had it set to "primary" which let me install things, but wouldn't
   boot.  I had to put it on "Only disk" to get a boot.  This cost me
   three days :(

[http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2002/debian-mips-200210/msg00061.html]

SY,
--cdi

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:04:21AM +0100, Dennis Chernoivanov wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for trying this. May I ask you to check if the following image works:
> 
>  http://only.mawhrin.net/~cdi/netbsd/cobalt/testing/image.iso.gz
> 
> It contain a fix for partition table/disklabel calculation. Also, the image
> does not reboot the box when the installation is finished, so that it is
> possible to login into a freshly installed box. If the installation fails even
> with that image, I would love to see disklabel/fdisk information...
> 
> Thanks,
> --cdi
> 
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 11:16:22PM +0000, Stephane I Matis wrote:
> > 
> > I have tried to use the restore CD with my RaQ2r and 2 different 20GB disks.
> > The one conclusion is that 20 is bad number :D
> > 
> > I will try to find a smaller disk for testing.
> > 
> > The non working culprits are :
> > 
> > Western Digital 204BA and Seagate ST320011A, aka 'Cuda 4
> > 
> > Also, I would put a warning into the setup to avoid using this method
> > on a LAN that already has DHCP, BootP, etc ... can make a real mess.
> > 
> > Here is the output after install's reboot.
> > 
> > Nov 23 18:10:21 reboot: rebooted by root
> > syncing disks... done
> > rebooting...
> > 
> > ìCobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'
> > Built Wed Mar  3 21:26:25 PST 1999
> > 
> >  1.LCD Test................................PASS
> >  2.Controller 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....................**EMPTY**
> > 12.IDE Test................................PASS
> > 13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
> > 16.RTC Test................................PASS
> > BOOTLOADER: trying to boot from partition /dev/hda1
> > Decompressing  done
> > Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again
> > BOOTLOADER DEBUG: flashdelaying...
> > BOOTLOADER: trying to boot from partition /dev/hdc1
> > Decompressing  done
> > Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again
> > BOOTLOADER DEBUG: flashdelaying...
> > get_root_dev: nr_boot_failures 0x00000002 exceeds maxtries 0x00000002 for boot_index 0x00000000
> > 
> > 
> >  *** halting ***
> >