Hi,

I've now got the following results from Hyperterm:

=00Cobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'

Built Tue May 25 15:58:41 PDT 1999

  1.LCD Test................................PASS
  2.Controller Test.........................PASS
  5.Bank 0:.................................64M
  6.Bank 1:.................................64M
  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 ramcode: selected partition /dev/hda1
Decompressing -=08\=08|=08/=08-=08\=08|=08/=08-=08\=08|=08/=08-=08\=08|=08=
=08 done
Executing bootloader kernel...
Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again
BOOTLOADER ramcode: selected partition /dev/hdc1
Decompressing -/=08-=08\=08|=08/=08-=08\=08|=08/=08-=08\=08|=08/=08-=08\=08=
 done
Executing bootloader kernel...
Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again
get_root_dev: nr_boot_failures 0x00000002 exceeds maxtries 0x00000002=20
for boot_index 0x00000000


  *** halting ***

Looks like a HD problem to me... anyone know if this means the disk is=20=

damaged or just setup wrongly, jumpers perhaps?

Thanks,
Ant
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On 7 Apr 2004, at 12:09, Brian wrote:

>
> On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 05:27 AM, Anthony Cooper wrote:
>
>>
>> I have thought of buying a serial cable to check out the output when=20=

>> the Qube boots but being a mac user I'm not too sure about terminal=20=

>> programs on Windows that would be suitable for this.
>>
>
> That's the next step.  HyperTerm comes with most Windows flavors that=20=

> I've used, and is all you need.
>
> Once you see why it is hanging it should not be too bad to get it=20
> going.  Did you find the nice "how-to" FAQ posted on this list in=20
> Jan(?) of this year?  That is a good checklist.  Also you don't say=20
> you are using the Qube-specific install .iso that Dennis built; there=20=

> are a couple references to that in the lsit archives from about that=20=

> time as well.  If you aren't using that .iso, you should give it a=20
> try- I think the regular one had issues with Qubes.
>
> Brian
>