Re: Boot/install problem on H50

From: Lieberg, Patrick (plieberg_at_EV3.NET)
Date: 12/29/03

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    Date:         Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:58:40 -0600
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Well, I'm freshly back from tearing into the system and checking all the cable connections. They are all in place. The system does have a Tape Drive, but its not a format that I have a current bootable tape for (long story). I also pulled the working hard drives from my working Dev H50 and tried to boot to them with no luck.

    I think its time to call IBM Hardware.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
    Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 3:23 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: Boot/install problem on H50

    sounds like the cdrom drive doesn't work. If this is a brand-new machine, it's possible that the data cable to the cdrom has worked loose in shipping or something. does the system have a tape drive to boot from?

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    Lieberg, Patrick
    Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 2:58 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: Boot/install problem on H50

    Removing everything but the cd from the bootlist gives the same results. This system is new to us and so the drives we installed have no working OS installed, so I cannot boot the machine normally. I've tried updating the firmware using the SMS menu, but it keeps complaining there is no diskette in the drive.

    This machine has me completely baffled. I'm thinking of taking the hard drives from my test system and putting them in this system to see if it will boot properly.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
    Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:41 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: Boot/install problem on H50

    what code do you get when you use sms to remove ALL but the cd from the bootlist? have you tried booting in maintenance mode? can you use the cdrom normally when booting from hdisk?

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    Lieberg, Patrick
    Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:17 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Boot/install problem on H50

    I have an H50 here that I am trying to load AIX 4.3.3 on for testing the migration to 5.2 of our production DB. I cannot seem to get the system to boot/install from the AIX CD. I've double-checked the boot sequence in SMS and even done the install option from the SMS menus, but the system stops booting on a 0518 code on the LCD panel. Looking this code up, it suggests a problem was encountered doing a network boot, which is odd since I'm not doing a network boot.

    Any suggestions from the list would be helpful.

    thanks,
    Patrick Lieberg
    Systems Administrator
    ev3 Inc.

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