[Server-devel] OLPC XS- Not booting

[Dudley Daduwe]

There were no beeps. If there were beeps then it would have given me some
clue on Memory or VGA but there was none. I tried recconnecting the IDE HDD
a number of times but that didn't help. Besides that the server is running
on an e-Box3 -D82.Version 1.3 RoHS. Finally there are no lights indecating
HDD activity, its only the power light.(Mini PC)

Thank you,

Dudley

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:53 AM, rihoward1 <rihoward1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Dudley,
>
> Do you hear any beeps when you power on the system?
> Can yWhat procedures have you attempted to diagnose the problem?
> ou describe the hardware you are using in a bit more detail?
>
> Robert
> ----- Original message -----
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The problem faced here is that, when you power the XS server you can see
>  > that the server has been powered and the pwer light is ON, however,
> > there is NO DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Dudley
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Anna <aschoolf at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Dudley Daduwe <
> > > ddaduwe.olpcbug at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thank you for the updates on the motherboard. Please advise me as to
> > > > how I could troobleshoot my E-Box server.
> > > > Previously I was able to connect the IDE and boot up.However, I
> > > > decided to remove the original IDE HDD  and put and new IDE HDD onto
> > > > the server. After doing that I was not able to see any activity on
> > > > the screen for about 5 minutes. So I decided to put back the
> > > > original IDE HDD but still does not show any activity. Looking at
> > > > the HDD LED display, I could not see any activity taking place. How
> > > > can I get the server back to boot with a display on the screen.
> > > >
> > > > Dudley Daduwe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Can you get into BIOS?  Can the BIOS see the hard drives?
> > >
> > > If you don't know if the machine itself is working outside the hard
> > > drives, have you tried booting from a Linux rescue CD?  Some folks
> > > like Knoppix for that.  I tend to use Ubuntu NBR (cause I usually have
> > > that CD on top of the stack).  But there are a myriad of Linux live
> > > CDs out there.
> > >
> > > If you can get into a live Linux boot, ls /dev and see if you see your
> > > hard drives.  If you don't see them, or can't boot into Linux from a
> > > CD, then it's time to break the box down and reconnect the drives.  Or
> > > check the power supply.  I've run into so many hardware issues with
> > > the old stuff I work with, I can't even keep track of how many
> > > problems I've had.
> > >
> > > Hard drives give me special trouble.  If I can actually see the
> > > stubborn drives in /dev, I'll use gparted or fdisk to format to a
> > > single fat32 partition.  Then the XS install usually picks it up.
> > >
> > > Anna Schoolfield
> > > Birmingham
> > >
>
>
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