8 Nov
2006
8 Nov
'06
12:33 p.m.
Jay wrote...
Well, my first thought was: "It was OK half an hour ago"... but then I
remembered something. Maybe not such a dumb newbie, Jay! The last weeks
I have been helping people that were looking for something. This morning
I shipped an RL terminator, that I removed from the RL02 drive yesterday!
I did that, because then I was certain it was a good one ... I plugged
an other terminator on the RL02 drive; yes I did not forget that.
But ... it could be a bad terminator. It's just resistors, but still...!
I can't check that this evening. Have to get up to the attic, but everybody
already went to bed. The RUN lamp lit on the 11/44 and the FAULT lamp on
the RL02 may have no relation at all! Thanks, I wouldn't have thought of it!
- Henk.
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Henk wrote...
I read about that DIP switch on the UBI this afternoon! But the system
was working and started to the Console prompt just a half hour before.
I will flip the switches anyway, because I learned from Don that when
they are "ON" it does not always mean that their resistance is real low!
As I read through the 11/44 manual, I am updating my webpage too :)
"?CP didn't start". I already knew
that this is the
typical bus hang condition,
Yup it is, seems you fixed it with the G7273
However, ... besides the DC ON light, the RUN
light
stays ON too. I am sure the RUN light should go OFF.
Disclaimer... I'm new to these machines, the below is a newbies guesses :)
Perhaps your M7098 (UBI) module is set to autoboot from one of the proms
upon powerup, and that's why it comes up in run mode. This is a personal
preference thing, but I never have a machine autoboot to anything other
than >the console emulator. I then always select the boot device by hand.
Many people instead set the switches on the UBI to attempt a boot from a
particular device upon powerup. This may be why you power on in run mode.
I would suggest that you look at the 10 position dip switch on the UBI and
set 1,2, and 7 on and all the rest off. Then power up and see if you dont
get just the console prompt. and nothing
more, no ">>>" prompt anymore!
Also, the FAULT lamp on the RL02 drive stays ON.
If I was to make a newbie guess... you have a problem with your RL02
subsystem (drive, cable, or controller) and your UBI is perhaps set
to boot the DL prom. So when you power it on it attempts to boot the
RL02 and hangs because of another problem. Setting the switches as
above would identify this possibility. If it then comes up to the
CONSOLE prompt correctly, you can at least know it's time to zero in
on the RL02 subsystem.
Jay