----- Original Message -----
From: <UberTechnoid_at_Home.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 01:18 PM
Subject: Re: More... Re: VS4000 hardware questions
> Help does nothing really useful. What I'd like to know for instance, is
> how do I set the vax to do an unattended boot. It has been stuck at a two
> stage boot since before I even got an OS on it. It powers on, self-tests,
> boots to a second-level CLI, I type C for Continue and there we go.
>
> A prom manual would tell me how to get rid of the second-level cli.
Hmmm. I have an m90 which is very similar to an m60. Are you booting to
VMS? There is an interactive boot flag to VMS that will result in what
you're describing. What does `show boot' say? If there's something like
/R:1, that might be what's causing the problem. Try `set boot
whatever-but-not-/R:1' and see if that fixes it. If there is nothing set
for 'boot', that might be the problem. `show dev' will list the attached
devices, `dkaxx' are the names of the SCSI drives, xx is the SCSI id number.
`set boot dka400' is what I have, to boot the RZ26 at id 4. Also, there is
some kind of default-action prom command that specifies what to do on a
reboot. I can't seem to find anything about it ATM, but there is
information out there-- keep hunting!
On a side note, if you plan to run NetBSD there is a little known
misfeature: it will frob something in the flash that the prom doesn't like,
and forever after (until someone finds out what it's tweaking and fixes it)
it will throw a non-fatal error in (IIRC) SYS, which will (or so I've been
told-- I don't run this machine just now) keep it from booting
automatically. Starting VMS doesn't seem to fix it, altho there seems to be
no other impact.
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
Bob
>
> In <Pine.LNX.4.42.0112221428420.30740-100000_at_george.home.org>, on 12/22/01
>
> at 02:33 PM, Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com> said:
>
> >On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> >> >Good luck! I can't even find a PROM command manual for the thing.
Come
> >> >to mention it, DOES anyone have a prom command listing for the
vs400/60
> >>
> >> Have you tried typing 'help'? Unfortunatly I don't have a fiche reader
at
> >> the moment, so I can't check the manuals.
>
> > Oh, my gods. What a novel concept. And it even works!!
> > Thanks.
>
> > Doc
>
> >>
> >> Zane
> >> --
> >> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
> >> | healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
> >> | | Classic Computer Collector |
> >> +----------------------------------+----------------------------+
> >> | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
> >> | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
> >> | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
> >>
>
>
>
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> Jeffrey S. Worley
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