LMS suddenly stopped working

[drp101]

Just an FYI Doris, that article on burning ISO's on a Mac you sent me is out of date. Recent Mac OS's have the command to burn a disk image in Finder rather than Disk Utility.

[Doris1997]

Just watch out for IP address changes especially when swapping out hard drives back and forth !
Read up on creating a static or reserved IP address!

https://wiki.vortexbox.org/how_do_i_...tic_ip_address

[Doris1997]

You should try ... that’s how we learn!
and thank Senior Member “garym” for that!

[drp101]

Now I'm tempted to reinstall the old hard drive and try to fix the Ick Stream problem. But I better leave well-enough alone! Hahaha... Thanks again!

[drp101]

Good call Doris. The VGA cable did the trick. It is up and running, and I'm restoring my music library now. Thank you for all the help! Much appreciated!

[Doris1997]

Yes you should all else sounds okay.
I used a Windows machine and iso recorder when I burned mine.

[drp101]

The monitor I'm using is a few year old ASUS with an HDMI cable.

[drp101]

Just to be sure I did it correctly - I downloaded the file vortexbox24-release-20151125.iso to my Mac. Then I used the Finder command to Burn Disc Image to burn the file to a CD. When I view the contents of the CD in the finder after burning it, I no longer see a single ISO file as I did in my Downloads Folder. Instead I see six folders plus Clonezill and GPL and a readme file. I used that disc to boot the Small Green Computer Vortex Box. I believe it went through all of the installation. Then I removed the CD and rebooted from the new hard drive in the VB. At first I had could not see anything on the monitor. Later - I don't know why - I was able to see prompts on the monitor. I logged into the root and performed the update and then the re-partion. Then I rebooted. After the initial screen the monitor went dark again. I feel like everything installed. However I can't tell. It seems like I should get a VGA cable to see if I can see anything before trying anything else.

[Doris1997]

What are you going to try?
what brand and model monitor do you have?
please keep me immediately updated!

[drp101]

Okay, thanks

[Doris1997]

Or try the VortexBox 2.3 iso instead of 2.4!

[Doris1997]

If and when you reinstall the original drive uninstall ick stream from LMS if you can.

[Doris1997]

Maybe try reinstalling the original drive and confirm that it will still boot up to the VB command prompt???

[Doris1997]

I do not know what else to tell you except ... I would definitely want to try a VGA cable .... you may also want to give the USB install a try, what brand and model monitor are you using?
maybe something went wrong with the CDR-burn?

[drp101]

Also, when I look for the VB on my LAN, I can see an IP for it, but I can't connect to it.