Re: Problems installing hpux 10.20 on a H30
From: Joshua Scott (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 04/19/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:03:27 -0500
"Simen Thoresen" <simentt-nospam@dolphinics.no> wrote in message
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> This is for you older guys ;-)
>
> Some time ago I inherited an 9000/847 H30. I powered it up, and resat the
> password, fiddled with the startup-scripts, and then left it sitting for
> about 2 years. Now, I'd like to resurrect it, and a good way of really
> making it my own would be to start by reinstalling it. My problem lies in
> getting the thing to boot off of my 10.20 Core cdrom.
>
> I can boot from the original harddisk (scsi id 5, primary boot-path
> 52.5.0.0.0.0), and into the installed hpux 10.20. What I cannot do, is boot
> off of my cdrom drive(s) (scsi id 0, alternate boot-path 52.0.0.0.0.0)
>
> I've tried with two different (old) cdrom drives, a Plextor Ultraplex 32
> (jumpered to parity, termination and 512byte-blocks), and a Toshiba XM5201B
> (jumpered to parity and termination - no jumper-option for 512byte blocks).
> I don't know the state of either of the drives, but I would think that at
> least one of them was still good.
> My copy of the install CD seems good - I have no problems reading the disk
> raw under Linux, nor taring up the whole file-tree.
>
> The actual problem when booting from the cd, is a hang (freeze) after or
> while reading the kernel from the cdrom;
>
> (manually copied from the serial terminal)
> "
> Booting...
> Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 4
>
>
> HARD Booted
>
> ISL Revision A.00.38 Oct 26. 1994
>
> ISL Booting hpux (;0) INSTALL
>
> Boot
> : disc(52.0.0;0):INSTALL
> 3462652 + 315392 + 305120 start 0x1b92e8
> "
> ...and there it sits - apparently forever.
>
> I have googled for this problem, and have found several similar situations
> (hang/freeze right after the kernel loads), and the suggestions have mostly
> been 'check SCSI termination, check CDROM blocksize, possibly a HD failure'
> etc.
> I am /pretty/ sure my SCSI termination is OK (external terminator on the
> rear port, cdrom terminated her) - the system gives me an "ENTRY_INIT status
> = -4" the second I forget termination on either end of the chain.
> I know the Plextor drive is set to 512B blocks, and I have from hearsay that
> the Toshiba drive does this as well.
> I also do not think I have a hd failure. I get this same symptom both with
> the old (working) HD attached, as well as without any HD at all.
>
> I've reached the end of my whits here - any ideas or ovious errors in the
above?
>
> Please cc me (remove the -nospam tag) with any answers.
>
> Yours,
> -S
> --
> Simen Thoresen, Wulfkit Support, Dolphin ICS
> http://valinor.dolphinics.no/~simentt/cluster
Have you tried with the Block size set to 2048? IIRC, this is what you need for
it to boot properly.
Josh
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