Strange problems with HP9000 E series -- hard drive

From: Matthew Piechotta (mpiechotta_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 04/27/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:44:34 GMT

Maybe someone can shed some light on this:

As of recently, two of my E series machines have been acting strange. When
the machine boots, I can search for drives and all drives installed
(DDS/CD/HDDs) are recognized. However, when I try to install HP-UX, the
message returned is as follows:

*****

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   PDC - Processor Dependent Code - Version 1.3
   (c) Copyright 1990-1993, Hewlett-Packard Company, All rights reserved
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

--
   128 MB of memory configured and tested.
   Primary boot path:    56/52.6   (dec)
   Alternate boot path:  56/52.2   (dec)
------- Main
Menu -------------------------------------------------------------
        Command                       Description
        -------                       -----------
        BOot [PRI|ALT|<path>]         Boot from specified path
        PAth [PRI|ALT] [<path>]       Display or modify a path
        SEArch [DIsplay|IPL] [<path>] Search for boot devices
        COnfiguration menu            Displays or sets boot values
        INformation menu              Displays hardware information
        SERvice menu                  Displays service commands
        DIsplay                       Redisplay the current menu
        HElp [<menu>|<command>]       Display help for menu or command
        RESET                         Restart the system
-------
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > BO ALT
Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> N
Booting...
Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 4
HARD Booted.
ISL Revision A.00.43  Apr 12, 2000
ISL booting  hpux (;0):INSTALL
Boot
: disc(56/52.2.0;0):INSTALL
9707284 + 1122304 + 691712 start 0x14d568
NOTICE: nfs3_link(): File system was registered at index 4.
    Swap device table:  (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
        entry 0 - auto-configured on root device; ignored - no room
WARNING: no swap device configured, so dump cannot be defaulted to primary
swap.
WARNING: No dump devices are configured.  Dump is disabled.
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 1
Create STCP device files
         $Revision: vmunix:    vw: -proj    selectors: CUPI80_BL2000_1108 -c
'Vw
 for CUPI80_BL2000_1108 build' -- cupi80_bl2000_1108 'CUPI80_BL2000_1108'
Wed N
ov  8 19:05:38 PST 2000 $
Memory Information:
    physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes
    Physical: 131072 Kbytes, lockable: 66928 Kbytes, available: 88548 Kbytes
=======  04/03/74 10:33:31 EDT  HP-UX Installation Initialization. (Wed Apr
03
         10:33:31 EDT 1974)
         @(#) Ignite-UX Revision B.4.4.27
         @(#) install/init (opt) $Revision: 10.277 $
       * EISA configuration has completed.  Following the completion of a
         successful HP-UX installation, please check the
"/etc/eisa/config.err"
         file for any EISA configuration messages.
       * Scanning system for IO devices...
NOTE:    There were no disk devices found during the scan.  Make sure that
the
         destination disks are connected and powered on.  You may choose to
         scan for more disk drives from next menu on the console.
Would you like to switch source to network? ([y]/n):
*****
When I put the drives in a K class machine, (Seagate ST12400N, ST34573N, and
ST19171N, respectively) everything works.
What am I missing?
Thanks again for all your help!!


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