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More info: How did you generate the recovery media - the SCO utility, Edge or Lone-tar (way better) or ?? And what version SCO? (uname -X). Note that if you used the SCO utility the new machine MUST be essentially the same as the old one as far as hardware goes. Pat Welch, UBB Computer...

I know enough about windows servers to be dangerous [smile2], but I was suggesting that the HP hardware monitor throwing the error (not the hardware driver itself) might have detected a fault it did not have a preset response to, and updating the HP monitoring software might allow the 'real'...

What OS? I've seen that error when the driver gets an unexpected hardware fault that is not in it's list. Go through all the hardware logs on your OS. If your OS uses EFS extensions, upgrade to the latest supported EFS for your OS...

Depends on the OS and how old the OS is. Electrically, connecting and disconnecting external SCSI cables can be iffy if there's any local static problems. Ground yourself thoroughly before trying. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Welch, UBB Computer...

check the root cron files, via crontab -e. See if there's anything scheduled to run around the times the reboot has been occurring. Then vi the scripts involved - maybe one of them is initiating the shutdown after an error or a completed task. Also check the system time - perhaps the time was...

FTP has no size limit other than the max size the 32 bit version can handle (2 GB). Please try the suggestion vodkadrinker made, while logged in as root: ftp localhost That will transfer the file without involving the network. This will demonstrate that the problem is with SCO (if it fails...

Did you remember, from the PC, to set the binary (or image) option before starting? M$ systems default to text mode transfers unless you specifically set binary. Text mode screws up binary data but good, and may lead to hangs if the text mode leads to recursion in a binary filled with LF, CR or...

Why are you using 5.0.6? 5.0.7 does a good job of auto-detecting mice during install. Plus it supports USB mice if there's just something broken about the PS2 port on the P4 MB. What type of mouse did you select during the initial install...

It tells you its a "Drive cage" Its a cage for drives :) It's only useful for RAID configurations, where hot swapping is important. If you aren't doing RAID, just go with the 2 drive internal bay it comes with. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Welch, UBB...

You have to be root or su to make changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Welch, UBB Computer Services, a WCS Affiliate SCO Authorized Partner Microlite BackupEdge Certified Reseller Unix/Linux/Windows/Hardware Sales/Support

Write a 'wrapper' script that only runs other scripts, checks the exit codes and writes status to a file. You'll have to make sure your script update routines specifically exempt the wrapper script so the execute bit does not get unset, or locate the wrapper in a non-standard but accessible...

Why do you want to introduce complexity to your backup? If you have a crash you do not want to fiddle around finding the right backup, not to mention dealing with full and continued tapes. Just replace the tape when they start taking longer to backup. You are doing basic things like rotating 5...

Good grief. Please start new SEPARATE threads, markc1000 and tranbo. And tell us the SCO version and what patches are installed. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Welch, UBB Computer Services, a WCS Affiliate SCO Authorized Partner...

if the video is on the MB, inspect all the pins for bent ones. If it is not on the MB, obviously replace the board. If there's an open slot, try adding a new old style VGA board, and connect to that. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Welch, UBB Computer...

Does your friend make any telnet connections to the box? Telnet and FTP are normally enabled by default (1980's remember). To see what the boxes net addr is, login as root on console, and type in: cat /etc/hosts The first address should be the boxes IP. Once you have a connection, transfer...