VaxStation Questions

From: sms_at_antinode.org <(sms_at_antinode.org)>
Date: Fri Oct 15 22:28:29 1999

   Mr. Pietkiewicz:

> 1) The output from a >>> sh mem command is:
> 01000000
> 00000000
> 00FE3E00:00FFFFFF
> What does this translate to???

   I'd say 16MB (1000000 hexadecimal).

> 2) What monitor would I need / be able to use with this box? I'm using
> VT320 for a console now, but the thought of an OpenVMSWindows box has
> potential....

   Assuming the (cheaper) GPX graphics, 1024x864, 60Hz vertical (?), one
DEC monitor is the (19-inch) VR299. A Web search on that should provide
more details. If you got the (deluxe) SPX graphics, then it's
1280x1024, 67Hz vertical (?). I'm using an HP 98754A on my
AlphaStation, and I'd bet that it'd work with an SPX card in the
VAXstation, too. You could steal the keyboard from your VT320 (or a
VT220, and probably others). The mouse (DECburger) is a VSXXX-AA, and
it's pretty DEC-specific.

> 3) When I try to boot from the external RZ55 I got with it, VMS 5.5.2
> comes up and hangs (solid) after displaying:
> %TMSCPLOAD-I-LOADTMSCP, loading the TMSCP tape server

> This happens even trying to boot to VMS's single user mode, and
> with or without a TK50Z attached...

   What's "VMS's single user mode"?

   Whether the tape drive is connected should not affect this, agreeing
with your observation.

   I suspect that it is trying to form or join a cluster, and, as its
old cluster pals are all missing, it's unable to get a quorum. You need
to do a conversational boot, and set the SYSGEN parameters VOTES and
EXPECTED_VOTES both to 1 (so it won't expect to find anyone else), or
else VAXCLUSTER to 0, so it won't do any cluster stuff.

   The procedure's probably in the FAQ,
""ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/dec-faq/vms"", but something like the
following might be close:

>>> B/1 [device, if necessary]
   SYSBOOT> SHOW VOTES \
   SYSBOOT> SHOW EXPECTED_VOTES /[If you're curious.]
   SYSBOOT> SET VOTES 1
   SYSBOOT> SET EXPECTED_VOTES 1
   SYSBOOT> WRITE CURRENT
   SYSBOOT> CONTINUE

   [Begin hoping here.]

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