4 Aug
2006
4 Aug
'06
9:25 p.m.
> The system appears to have 2 internal HPIB disks
and 2 external HPIB disks (in a separate rack). There are 2 HPIB boards in the chassis and
3 HPIB ports at the bottom
of the CPU (below the I/O chassis)...thus I have a
potential of 5 places to connect the external HPIB drives to...I'm not sure where to
plug 'em in.
> The system has a default primary boot path of
4.1.0.0.0.0 and a secondary of 4.1.3.0.0.0
> The external drives have ID's of 2 and 4.
Hey Bob,
I don't own a 922, but I do have several 832s. I think they are fundimentally the
same.
The BOOT PATH "4.1.0.*.*.*.*" indicates that the system is loooking for a device
with address "0" attached to the I/O card "4.1". The PATH
"4.1.3.*.*.*.*" indicates that the system is looking for adevice with address
"3" attached to the I/O card "4.1".
NOTE: The extra 0's are used to access additional disk partitions or parameters.
Generally they do not need to be specified. The BOOT PATH could be abbreviated to
"4.1.0".
Since the external devices are addressed as "4" and "2", they were not
used as the PRIMARY or ALTERNATE boot devices. At this point, I would leave them
unconnected. Once you get the system working, you can go back and attach the devices to
see what is on the disks.
OK... The 3 HPIB connectors below the I/O cage are the connections to the internal HPIB
devices. The system supports up to 4 internal drives in two chains. So, one HPIB connector
goes to each of the two chains and the other connector goes to the internal TAPE DRIVE.
The ID plate by the connectors should tell you which connector goes to each chain. You are
looking for the chain labeled "0" and "3". At this point, I
wouldn't worry about the TAPE drive. Get the disks working first.
NOTE: When the system boots, the LEDS on the front panel will tell you how many internal
disks there are. If your system has two drives, one of the internal chains has no devices
attached. That's probably the case.
The two cards in the I/O card cage are the HPIB I/O cards. I don't think there was a
"standard" installation so, the BOOT disks could have been attached to either
I/O card. I would connect a HPIB cable from one of the I/O cards to one of the connectors
below the cage and see if it boots.
NOTE: HPIB devices are generally "noisy" when thay are accessed. When the
computer is talking to a HPIB disk, it's no secret.
NOTE: Don't change the addresses of the HPIB drives and don't move the HPIB I/O
card in the cage. The OS will not boot if the PATH has changed. When the OS trys to mount
the drives, it will fail because the PATHS are no longer legit.
Let me know if this helps.
See ya, SteveRob