OK, the default boot device (a SET option) is either dead
or not found.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Gunther Schadow <gunther_at_aurora.regenstrief.org>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: first step getting VAX 6000-400 booted ...
>Geoff Roberts wrote:
>
>> Hmm, Unit 0 has an excellent chance of being a system disk, but
possible it
>> was
>> initialised prior to being retired. What's the exact error msg
(console dump
>> is good)
>
>I don't have the console dump on that, but the only error message
>I recollect was:
>
>?3 Device I/O Error (or something very similar.)
>
>Would that be the appropriate response on an RA90 drive with
>wiped-out media? My drive completed all tests, including the
>spun-down and the spun-up tests (the latter includes disk
>access tests.)
>
>> Tapes are probably sus. TK70's are the least reliable component of a
6000,
>> but are still pretty reliable compared to the TK50.
>
>yack!
>
>> > I also have a TU81+ and VMS bootable tape on 9-track, maybe that's
more
>> reliable?
>>
>> Very likely, do you have the companion card for the TU81+ (KLESI-B) to
go in
>> the Vax?
>> They TU81+ is not SDI, so it won't even plug in to the KDB50. If all
else
>> fails I can probably whip
>> up a tape for you on ours.
>
>Instructions on how to write an Ultrix tape from VMS would
>be cool. I'm sure I can get VMS up. What is the least
>amount of knowledge that I need to get a VMS system up
>in single user mode and try a couple of SDI accesses,
>try reading a TK and writing to a TU?
>
>
>> Not very familiar with Ultrix though I gather it's also possible to
mop boot
>> an ultrix box from a vms one, though I don't think it will do vice
versa.
>
>It definitely is as the source code says. I'll use my FreeBSD
>laptop as the boot host. Monitoring with tcpdump is a good way
>of debugging network booting.
>
>Attached below you'll find annotated console dumps from my
>yesterday's attempts (thanks to xterm :-)
>
>My comments are lines starting with "GS>"
>
>GS> I have swapped in another TK70 drive (one that may be less worn)
>GS> and now I turn on the machine:
>
>#123456789 0123456789 0123456789 01234567#
>
>F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE #
> A A . A M M M M P P P P P P
>TYP
> o o . + + + + + + + + + + +
>STF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
> . . . . . . . . + + + + + +
>ETF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
>
>
>. . . . . . . . . + . . + + + . XBI D
>+
>. . . . . . . . . + + . + . + . XBI E
>+
>
> . . . . A4 A3 A2 A1 . . . . . .
>ILV
> . . . . 128 128 128 128 . . . . . . 512
>Mb
>
>ROM0 = V4.00 ROM1 = V4.00 EEPROM = 2.03/4.02 SN = AG94408887
>
>
>>>> SHOW ALL
> Type Rev
> 1+ KA64A (8082) 000D
> 2+ KA64A (8082) 000D
> 3+ KA64A (8082) 000D
> 4+ KA64A (8082) 000D
> 5+ KA64A (8082) 000D
> 6+ KA64A (8082) 000D
> 7+ MS65A (4001) 0084
> 8+ MS65A (4001) 0084
> 9+ MS65A (4001) 0084
> A+ MS65A (4001) 0084
> B+ KDM70 (0C22) 2811
> D+ DWMBA/A (2001) 0002
> E+ DWMBA/A (2001) 0002
>
> XBI D
> 1+ DWMBA/B (2107) 000A
> 2+ KLESI-B (0103) 0006
> 3+ KDB50 (010E) 142C
> 6+ DEBNI (0118) 0400
>
> XBI E
> 1+ DWMBA/B (2107) 000A
> 3+ DMB32 (0109) 0004
> 5+ CIBCA-B (0108) 41C2
> 6+ TBK70 (410B) 0307
> Current Primary: 1
> /NOENABLED-
> /NOVECTOR_ENABLED-
> /NOPRIMARY-
>F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE #
> . . . . A4 A3 A2 A1 . . . . . .
>ILV
> . . . . 128 128 128 128 . . . . . . 512
>Mb
> /INTERLEAVE:DEFAULT
> /SCOPE /SPEED: 9600 /BREAK
> English
> XMI:D BI:6 08-00-2B-34-A5-CA
> DEFAULT /XMI:E /BI:6 CSA1
> TAPE /XMI:E /BI:6 CSA1
> ETH0 /XMI:D /BI:6 ET0
>SHOW DSSI is not yet implemented
>
>GS> Now I have loaded the VMS 6.1 stand alone backup TK70 and go:
>
>>>> BOOT /XMI:E /BI:6 CSA1
>Initializing system.
>
>#123456789 0123456789 0123456789 01234567#
>
>F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE #
> A A . A M M M M P P P P P P
>TYP
> o o . + + + + + + + + + + +
>STF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
> . . . . . . . . + + + + + +
>ETF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
>
>
>. . . . . . . . . + . . + + + . XBI D
>+
>. . . . . . . . . + + . + . + . XBI E
>+
>
> . . . . A4 A3 A2 A1 . . . . . .
>ILV
> . . . . 128 128 128 128 . . . . . . 512
>Mb
>
>ROM0 = V4.00 ROM1 = V4.00 EEPROM = 2.03/4.02 SN = AG94408887
>
>
>Loading system software.
>
> OpenVMS VAX Version V6.1 Major version id = 1 Minor version id =
>0c
>PLEASE ENTER DATE AND TIME (DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM) 23-OCT-2001
>
>Configuring devices . . .
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 49 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>GS> oops, what is %PAA0? Something is bad, but what?
>GS> as you might expect, it gives above error message for each
>GS> retry 48, 47, 46, ... will not show those here. But there
>GS> is also other stuff, as if I'm already running multi-tasked.
>
>Now configuring HSC, RF, and MSCP-served devices . . .
>
>GS> and on with the %PAA0 reinitializations down to 24
>
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 24 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>Please check the names of the devices which have been configured,
>to make sure that ALL remote devices which you intend to use have
>been configured.
>
>If any device does not show up, please take action now to make it
>available.
>
>GS> in a hurry I power up the RA90 hooked to the KDB50 and
>spin it up
>
>Available device MUC6: device type TK70
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 23 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>GS> ...
>
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 9 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 8 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 7 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 6 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 5 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 4 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 3 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 2 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 1 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is Reinitializing ( 0 Retries Left). Check the Error Log.
>
>%PAA0, Port Error Bit(s) Set - CNF/PMC/PSR 00000000/00000020/00008280
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available:
>%PAA0, Port is going Offline.
>
>
>Enter "YES" when all needed devices are available: yes
>%BACKUP-I-IDENT, Stand-alone BACKUP V6.1; the date is 23-OCT-2001
>00:03:52.13
>$
>
>GS> yea! a prompt! we made it. But what's next?
>
>$ help
>%CLI-W-IVVERB, unrecognized command verb - check validity and spelling
> \HELP\
>
>GS> ah I give up, I want to see Ultrix up, may be that new
>GS> drive did it? Hit the reset button, system initializes
>GS> same as above, swap in the Ultrix TK and go:
>
>>>> BOOT /XMI:E /BI:6 CSA1
>Initializing system.
>
>#123456789 0123456789 0123456789 01234567#
>
>F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE #
> A A . A M M M M P P P P P P
>TYP
> o o . + + + + + + + + + + +
>STF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
> . . . . . . . . + + + + + +
>ETF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
>
>
>. . . . . . . . . + . . + + + . XBI D
>+
>. . . . . . . . . + + . + . + . XBI E
>+
>
>
> . . . . A4 A3 A2 A1 . . . . . .
>ILV
> . . . . 128 128 128 128 . . . . . . 512
>Mb
>
>ROM0 = V4.00 ROM1 = V4.00 EEPROM = 2.03/4.02 SN = AG94408887
>
>
>Loading system software.
>%BOOT-F-Insufficient memory for CI
>?06 Halt instruction executed in kernel mode.
> PC = 0000040Fc
> SAVPSL = 041F0600
> ISP = 00000200
>
>Bootstrap failed due to previous error.
>>>>
>
>
>GS> this is that CI problem. Now I turn off machine again and
>GS> remove CI cards. I do have HSC90s to go with it and I definitely
>GS> want to run CI, but for now I'll start easy. So, power up
>GS> again. Wait for one initialization again, then:
>
>>>> BOOT /XMI:E /BI:6 CSA1
>Initializing system.
>
>#123456789 0123456789 0123456789 01234567#
>
>F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE #
> A A . A M M M M P P P P P P
>TYP
> o o . + + + + + + + + + + +
>STF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
> . . . . . . . . + + + + + +
>ETF
> . . . . . . . . E E E E E B
>BPD
>
>
>. . . . . . . . . + . . + . + . XBI D
>+
>. . . . . . . . . + . . + + + . XBI E
>+
>
> . . . . A4 A3 A2 A1 . . . . . .
>ILV
> . . . . 128 128 128 128 . . . . . . 512
>Mb
>
>ROM0 = V4.00 ROM1 = V4.00 EEPROM = 2.03/4.02 SN = AG94408887
>
>
>Loading system software.
>
>?06 Halt instruction executed in kernel mode.
> PC = 00280200c
> SAVPSL = 041F0600
> ISP = 00280000
>
>Bootstrap failed due to previous error.
>>>>
>
>GS> here ends my console dump.
>
>If it weren't for the many heavy items I still have to
>shuffle, disassemble, lift and reassemble, I could go mad
>about the Ultrix folks who have neglected to put
>some explanatory printf into the boot code before
>the halt call. It could be so much easier if we knew what
>the problem is.
>
>thanks,
>-Gunther
>
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