RQZX1 setup?

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Mon Aug 9 12:18:20 2004

Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> I have the manual for the RQZX1, there are two ways to get the Resident
> Firmware to boot:
>
> 1. From the ODT level;
>
> 2. The other way is select DU253 or MU253 as the boot device. This will
> start the diagnostics from ROM.
>
> Once in the diagnostics you have to get the controller to
> 'Autoconfigure' so it can see all your SCSI devices.

   Thanks, Doug!

   I had found a couple of pages of the manual and have been able to get
into the firmware and configure the system **if and only if** a TZ30
tape drive is attached. Even if the controller is set to MSCP on both
channels and an alternate second CSR address, I can't access the RFM
either by the ODT method or the BOOT xU253 method, and can't boot from
the SCSI disk.

   This isn't a showstopper, but it is terribly confusing. The person
from whom I got the switch settings and RFM instructions runs a variety
of tape devices on his RQZX1 with no problems.

   I can, by the way, install a second tape device and have that recognized.

   My board is silkscreened REV. E, and the resident firmware utility
shows a firmware revision of v2.3 and hardware revision "L".


        Doc
Received on Mon Aug 09 2004 - 12:18:20 BST