Hi
I'm not sure if this is old enough. I have a
sparc 5 that has stopped booting. I'm not sure
if it is the nvram that has failed or the disk.
Does anyone know the full name of the normal
internal disk drive? I'd like to compare it
with the one it says it is trying to boot from.
Dwight
Hi Dan
I get a 'boot device not ready' message. I'll have to look to
see exactly what the device is but I do remember it does include
the sd@3,0. I guess it is just a bad drive. I'm the only one
to look into it so I don't think it is an issue of the wrong
slot. I'll have to see if there is any F-code diagnostics for
the disk. Some times there is something there that can help
check. It means spending a couple of hours hacking through
the open boot code.
The disk spins up and makes the bleep-bleep sounds that they
normally do.
Dwight
>From: "Dan Wright" <dtwright(a)uiuc.edu>
>
>It should be something like /iommu/sbus/espdma/sd@3,0:a [1] (that's from memory
>so there are some other numbers missing, but it should be close...they aren't
>important numbers anyway as there's only 1 iommu, sbus, and espdma in the
>system :)
>
>what's the exact error you're getting as it's trying to boot?
>
>[1] sd@3,0 is the bottom SCA drive slot. sd@1,0 is the top (I believe). if
>the boot disk is in the top slot try moving it to the bottom.
>
>Dwight K. Elvey said:
>> Hi
>> I'm not sure if this is old enough. I have a
>> sparc 5 that has stopped booting. I'm not sure
>> if it is the nvram that has failed or the disk.
>> Does anyone know the full name of the normal
>> internal disk drive? I'd like to compare it
>> with the one it says it is trying to boot from.
>> Dwight
>>
>- Dan Wright
>(dtwright(a)uiuc.edu)
>(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
>
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>``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
> For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
> Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
>
Re:
> Re prepending (or appending) "[cctalk]" on the subject line, I agree with
> Frank ... I'd hate it. I'd live, but I'm much happier having it gone.
> Anyone who can filter on subject *should* be able to filter on another
> header; anyone who can't filter probably wants to get the digest version
> anyway.
NOPE!
Due to a bug in Samsung Contact (successor to the hated OpenMail from HP),
I now have to have all my classiccmp/cctalk/cctech mail forward from our
Samsung Contact system to a system that does POP correctly. But, that
forwarding screws up the sender/reply info (from Pegasus's viewpoint, anyway).
The short of it is: if it isn't in the subject line, or from the simple
"From" line (e.g., john(a)foo.com), I can't usefully filter on it now.
I.e.: I *WANT* the CCTALK/CCTECH in the header!
Besides...it ought to be optional on a per-user basis, anyway :)
As it is in LISTSERV:
http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=listserv-powered
--
Stan Sieler
sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.htmlwww.allegro.com/sieler
Hi
A quick look at Eric's web page shows that it
isn't a 432 processor, it is only one piece of
a three chip set. It is what is called the interface
processor.
Still, an interesting board.
Dwight
>From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey(a)amd.com>
>
>Hi
> It looks like I made a nice find. I bought an
>Intel 200 series expansion box, mainly because it
>had the two card set for the Intel double density.
>(Intel's double density is not compatible with others.)
> There was another board in the chassis that I
>didn't even look at much. I just assumed it was
>some ICE board without the dongle so I didn't
>give it much thought. I then noticed that the
>extraction ear said 432IP. Looking closer, it
>seems to be a 432 card with a 432 chip. It is
>a 432/602 board.
> I nice find. Now, I know that information on
>these are rare but I thought I'd ask, does anyone
>have any of the software to run one of these?
>Thanks
>Dwight
>
>
>
A suggestion is to add info-pdp11 to these kind of questions, since some
of us don't really have the energy to plow through all of cctalk... :-)
Anyhow, just like some others have suggested, it definitely sounds like a
hung Unibus.
Check NRP jumpers on all the slots. Remove the massbus interfaces. See if
you can access anything in the I/O page.
Those are the first things I'd try.
Also, the 11/70 have different regulators for different parts of the
backplane, and one regulator us just for the Unibus slots at the
end. Check that regulator as well.
Also, I hope you have a good terminator card. :-)
Johnny
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt(a)update.uu.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Sounds like a bus hang... make sure all the unibus slots which
are otherwise without options have the bus grant cards...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Hi, Ed.
On Jul 10, 22:12, The Wanderer wrote:
> I might get an SGI Origin 2000, this particular machine consists of 2
> cabinets.
> If I'm not mistaken, we talked about such a machine when we were sitting
> outside
> in the garden.
Yes, I used to look after one at Computer Science.
> Do you know if it can be split into a single cabinet
> system?
Yes, you can split it up, but only one half will be a compete Origin 2000,
with half the processors. I've sent you a longer private email with some
information. I might phone you about this...
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
>> And when is a working 128k going to pull 10 g's? I have two of those I
>> could hock (and one dead one).
>
>Wait another 20 years on that.
Think my credit card bank will take that as an answer :-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hey guys,
It's Chris Smith -- formerly (yep...) csmith(a)amdocs.com. I wanted to let
everybody know not to attempt to contact me at csmith(a)amdocs.com any more.
I'm not subscribed from home, and will probably remain unsub'd while I
look for work.
Chris
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Hello, all:
I wanted to drop the group a note to announce that version 2.3 of
the Altair32 emulator was released last night. There were a few minor bug
fixes and the addition of source-level debugging. Again, I would like to
thank Jim Battle for graciously letting me borrow his Sol debugger for the
Altair32 project.
The main Web site for the Altair32 is:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/Altair32.htm
I also wanted to mention that the Altair 680b emulation project is
progressing nicely. I have a few minor problems with the operation of the
front panel that need to be fixed. Once that's done, I can start testing it
with live 6800 code, including the 680b Monitor.
That project page is:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/Altair680.htm
Enjoy!
Rich
