12 Aug
2004
12 Aug
'04
1:38 p.m.
At 01:18 PM 8/9/2004, you wrote:
Douglas Taylor wrote:
This sounds odd. A TZ30 is holding your system 'hostage'? I've connected
a TZ30 into the scsi bus and didn't noticed anything odd.
I have the manual for the RQZX1, there are two
ways to get the Resident
Firmware to boot:
1. From the ODT level;
2. The other way is select DU253 or MU253 as the boot device. This will
start the diagnostics from ROM.
Once in the diagnostics you have to get the controller to 'Autoconfigure'
so it can see all your SCSI devices.
Thanks, Doug!
I had found a couple of pages of the manual and have been able to get
into the firmware and configure the system **if and only if** a TZ30
tape drive is attached. Even if the controller is set to MSCP on both channels
and an alternate
second CSR address, I can't access the RFM either by the ODT method or the
BOOT xU253 method, and can't boot from the SCSI disk.
If you need more info from the manual I'll scan the table of contents.
This isn't a showstopper, but it is terribly
confusing. The person
from whom I got the switch settings and RFM instructions runs a variety
of tape devices on his RQZX1 with no problems.
What other kinds of tape devices can you use?
I can, by the way, install a second tape device and
have that recognized.
My board is silkscreened REV. E, and the resident firmware utility
shows a firmware revision of v2.3 and hardware revision "L".
I don't know what I have off hand.
Doc