On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, John Lawson wrote:
Attempting to boot, >>> b (ret)
produces a 1 minute wait and returns
40 NOSUCHDEV
06 HLT INST
PC=00000C66
the first time after power-up and
40 NOSUCHDEV
84 FAIL
OK. This means that it tried, but could not find or use the
device that was defined as "default boot device" in the NVRAM.
This was a DEC-owned machine, it has a DEC
property/asset tag on it, and
the drive is a DEC RZ23-E (Connor). If it's running, it's the damn
quietest HD I've ever encountered. The drive is getting it's proper
voltages, +5 and +12, and upon power up the faintest of 'clicks' can be
heard within it (parking solenoid??) and then nothing.
OK, that sounds like an RZ23
allright.
Try to see what is in there by doing a
>> show dev
at the prompt. This will give you a list of disks, tapes, and whatnot.
Assuming DEC followed its own config rules, the RZ23 is at SCSI ID#3,
meaning it will show up as DKA3: in that list. You can (or, should be
able to) boot it with
>> boot dka3:
if it still has a valid system on it. If not, you need to get together
with someone who know how to install or net-install it :)
Fred
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