Re: AlphaServer 400 4/233 won't boot

From: Steve O'Hara (sohara_at_pivotal-solutions.co.uk)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:10:23 GMT

Hi,

I have had much the same problem with my 500au which I now seemed to have
solved.....
I found that booting from the CDROM would hang after the VMS banner came up.
After much swapping of hardware and re-trying with another machine, I
realised that the boot sequence seems to include some checking for a SCSI
disk.
If the disk is inaccessible in some way, then the boot hangs despite the
fact that the boot is from a CD.

I had the luxury of psessing 2 machines one of which worked and the other
didn't so I could try this stuff out.

Steve

"Z" <z@no.spam> wrote in message news:10eoj77pj097ca9@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm trying to boot an older Alpha Server, a Model 400 4/233.
>
> The console comes up, but >>> boot hangs right after "jumping
> to bootstrap code."
>
> Ok, I thought, maybe the boot device (DKA0) is bad.
>
> >>> boot dka500 (the CDROM) with the OpenVMS 7.1-2 CD in the
> tray also hangs right after "jumping to bootstrap code." I do
> see the CD light come on, so it _looks_ like it's accessing the
> drive.
>
> But it just won't boot.
>
>
>
> >>> show config tells me:
>
> SRM Cnsole : V7.0-9
> ARC Console : 4.58
> PALcode : VMS PALcode V5.56-2 X1.46-2
> Serial ROM : V4.6
> Diag ROM : V1.7
>
>
> How can I diagnose this problem?
>
> HELP!

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