[HP9000 C180] problems booting HP-UX 10.20

From: Igor Sobrado (igor_at_no-spam.on.the.net)
Date: 10/30/04

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    Date: 30 Oct 2004 11:24:42 +0200

    Hello.

    I have problems booting HP-UX 10.20 (disk part no. B3782-10101,
    from July 1996) on a HP 9000 C180 workstation. The machine has
    the latest firmware on it (rev. 6.1, I have not tried 6.2 from
    openpa.net as I prefer stay with the supported release if the
    core LAN does not hang the machine during reboot and shutdowns).

    I am using an old HP CD-ROM drive (model C2944A) on it. This
    CD-ROM drive worked on my old C110 workstation, that machine
    is now dead.

    These are the steps I follow to boot HP-UX on the C180 workstation:

    ----------------------------------------------------------
    Main Menu: Enter command > search
                                     
    Searching for potential boot device(s)...
    This may take several minutes.

    To discontinue search, press any key (termination may not be immediate).

       Path Number Device Path Device Type
       ----------- ----------------- -----------
       P0 FWSCSI.6.0 SEAGATE ST32171W
       P1 FWSCSI.5.0 SEAGATE ST32171W
       P2 SESCSI.2.0 TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5401TA
                                                                           

    Main Menu: Enter command > boot p2
    Interact with IPL (Y, N, Q)?> n
                                   
    Booting...
    Cannot find ENTRY_TEST.

    Failed to initialize.

    ENTRY_INIT
    Status = -4

    FFFFFFFC 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    00000000 0000001D 00000000 00000000 454E4841 00000005 00000000 454E4846
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000002 00000003 00000057 00000000

    Failed to initialize.
    ----------------------------------------------------------

    I will highly appreciate any feedback on this issue.

      - is it a CD-ROM drive related problem? Perhaps this drive will not
        work on the C180 workstation. The C2944A drive is an external one,
        it is connected to the Single Ended SCSI port and properly
        terminated. I have replaced the terminator (A1658-62016 REV-B)
        with a more recent one. I will try replacing the cable between
        the CD-ROM drive and the computer, if I find another one.

      - is it an OS release problem? The OS media should be supported
        on C-class workstations but I want to ask. It was the OS media
        I was using on the C110 workstation.

      - perhaps a media problem? Is the OS media damaged?

    Just a thought, the system does not boot now from the hard disk drives.
    It has not valid filesystems on it. Should I format the disk drives
    before proceeding with the OS installation? If it is not possible
    from the PDC I can try connecting the drives to a PC with an Adaptec HBA.
    I recall I have an AHA-2940UW HBA, not sure about FWD hardware...
    again, I think that it is a media or CD-ROM drive related problem, but
    I want to provide as information as possible on this issue.

    This is a brief machine description:

    I/O MODULE INFORMATION

                                                                         IODC IODC
    Path Decimal Type Location HVER SVER Vers Dep
    ------------ ------- ------------------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ----
    8/0 8/0 Bus Bridge built-in 6801 0a00 0x00 0x00
    FWSCSI 8/12 A DMA I/O built-in 03b0 8980 0x99 0x00
    8/16 8/16 Bus Adapter built-in 03b0 8100 0x00 0x00
    8/16/0 8/16/0 Parallel built-in 03b0 7400 0x00 0x00
    8/16/1 8/16/1 Audio built-in 03b4 7b00 0x00 0x00
    SERIAL_1 8/16/4 RS232 built-in 03b0 8c00 0x01 0x00
    SESCSI 8/16/5 SE SCSI built-in 03b0 8200 0x99 0x00
    LAN 8/16/6 LAN built-in 03b0 8a00 0x02 0x00
    PS2 8/16/7 Keyboard built-in 03b0 8400 0x00 0x00
    8/16/8 8/16/8 Mouse built-in 03b0 8400 0x00 0x00
    8/16/10 8/16/10 Floppy built-in 03b0 8300 0x00 0x00
    8/20 8/20 Bus Adapter built-in 0170 8e00 0x00 0x00
    HIL 8/20/1 HIL built-in 0170 7300 0x00 0x00
    SERIAL_2 8/20/2 RS232 Port built-in 0170 8c00 0x00 0x00
    EISA 8/20/5 Bus Adapter built-in 0170 9000 0x00 0x00
    GRAPHICS(0) 8/24 INTERNAL_EG_1280 built-in 0160 8500 0x01 0x00
    8/63 8/63 Bus Converter built-in 5011 0c00 0x00 0x00
    GRAPHICS(3) 10/8 HPA4071B_LZ GSC slot 3 0040 7700 0x01 0x00
    10/63 10/63 Bus Converter built-in 5011 0c00 0x00 0x00

    CHIP REVISIONS

            Module Revision
            ------ --------
            Backplane Board 2
            I/O Board 2
            Processor Board 1
            PA 8000-8000 CPU 3.1
            PDC 6.1
            Memory Controller 9
            I/O Bus Adapter 0 15
            GSC to PCI Bridge 0x6801
            Built in FWSCSI 0
                  FWSCSI Chip 2
            Multi I/O Chip 0
            EISA Interface 0
            I/O Bus Adapter 1 15
            GSC 1 40MHz
            GSC 2 40MHz

            GRAPHICS(0) 8.07/9 2d08c0a7.09a02587
            GRAPHICS(3) 8.04/14 2bcb015a.09a02587

    I do not know if this information will be useful. PDT and PIM do not
    provide useful information about this problem... by the way, I have
    pressed the TOC switch in the rear of the computer too.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Cheers,
    Igor.

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