Re: pws 500au problems

From: Tom Linden (tom_at_kednos.com)
Date: 09/07/05 

Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:58:56 -0700

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:51:58 +0200, Peter Huybrechts <m713007@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Nope... doesn't work.
> System boots into FreeBSD and doesn't halt at alphabios...
>
> Or do you mean I have to remove the battery?
>
> I just want to install OpenVMS on it. I've also read that there must be a
> way to recover with a failsafe boot diskette when putting the mlb in
> failsafe...
> Where can I get this floppy.. how do I set the mlb in failsafe ???
> Any documentation about this somewhere ??
>
> My idea is that the installation of freebsd placed some other bootrom in
> the
> machine...and I think I have to put the SRM boot rom back in with the
> failsafe boot disk.

No, you somehow need to get into the alphabios and change OS Selection. It
has been a while since I last did it and I can't remember the incantations.
The SRM console is in the ROM already. What I meant is that a system that
previously had been set to boot from SRM will revert to NT Selection
(ARC console) if the battery were to go dead.

What happened when you disconnected the drives?

>
> "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> wrote in message
> news:opswq0lba5zgicya@hyrrokkin...
>> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:03:16 +0200, Peter Huybrechts
>> <m713007@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I bought a pws 500au but this machine gives some problems.
>>> The Powerup Codes of the leds give code E4 (Memory address line error).
>>> The
>>> system boots into FreeBSD and seems to work ok. Problem is I can't get
>>> it
>>> into SRM mode.... Pressing Ctrl-C at boot time, nor disconnecting boot
>>> drive
>>> works.
>>> Somebody any Idea what's wrong ? (maybe something wrong in the flash
>>> rom
>>> ??)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>> You need to get to the Alphabios and set the OS selection. This will
>> happen
>> if the battery is dead. I think hitting F6 after powering up will get
>> you
>> there
>>
>>
>
>

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