1 Dec
2004
1 Dec
'04
4:17 a.m.
Hi everybody,
I have an old SGI Indigo (IP12) which refuses my attempts to populate
the harddisk with Irix 5.3. The harddisk doesn't boot, so I assume it to
be empty.
I get sashIP12 and fx.IP12 to load from cd, but using fx with that hd fails:
SGI Version 5.3 IP12 Oct 31, 1994
fx: "device-name"= (dksc)
fx: ctrl#= (0)
fx: drive#= (1)
... opening dksc(0,1,)
dks0d1s10: Drive not ready: RAM failure, ASQ=0x80.
fx: warning: Failed to open dksc(0,1,10)
SGI Version 5.3 IP12 Oct 31, 1994
(and the same again, if I want)
Is it trying to open a non-existent partition dks0d1s10? Is it a
software-fault? If it's a hardware fault: What's broken: hd or ram?
The hd is in the bottom drive bay. After my enter keystroke in line 4
(drive#=1) the led flashes for a short time and at the same time (or
maybe some millisecconds later) the error message appears.
The error isn't very meaningful to me. Does anybody know about the
problem or does have any hints?
Thanks in advance,
Fabian
3 Dec
3 Dec
9:49 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 16:17 +0100, Fabian H?nsel wrote:
Hi everybody,
I have an old SGI Indigo (IP12) which refuses my attempts to populate
the harddisk with Irix 5.3. The harddisk doesn't boot, so I assume it to
be empty.
I get sashIP12 and fx.IP12 to load from cd, but using fx with that hd fails:
SGI Version 5.3 IP12 Oct 31, 1994
fx: "device-name"= (dksc)
fx: ctrl#= (0)
fx: drive#= (1)
... opening dksc(0,1,)
dks0d1s10: Drive not ready: RAM failure, ASQ=0x80.
fx: warning: Failed to open dksc(0,1,10)
SGI Version 5.3 IP12 Oct 31, 1994
I read that as being the RAM on the hard disk itself (cache memory; any
SCSI drive's going to have a few KB) being faulty; i.e. it doesn't mean
the RAM in the Indigo.
Try a different drive. I can't remember what the Indigo uses now - I
believe it's standard 50 pin SCSI for the drives, just the sled that the
drive sits in uses a strange connector. Probably someone on the list has
a spare drive, or someone on a local newsgroup. I've got a feeling both
of our Indigos have 450MB drives, so they don't need anything
particularly big.
cheers
Jules
11 Dec
11 Dec
6:06 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
enlightening ;-) I did not really concern this option as RAM sounded to
much like system main memory to me.
I get sashIP12
and fx.IP12 to load from cd, but using fx with that hd fails:
SGI Version 5.3 IP12 Oct 31, 1994
fx: "device-name"= (dksc)
fx: ctrl#= (0)
fx: drive#= (1)
... opening dksc(0,1,)
dks0d1s10: Drive not ready: RAM failure, ASQ=0x80.
fx: warning: Failed to open dksc(0,1,10)
SGI Version 5.3 IP12 Oct 31, 1994
I read that as being the RAM on the hard disk itself (cache memory; any
SCSI drive's going to have a few KB) being faulty; i.e. it doesn't mean
the RAM in the Indigo.
Try a different drive. I can't remember what the
Indigo uses now - I
believe it's standard 50 pin SCSI for the drives, just the sled that the
yes.
drive sits in uses a strange connector. Probably
someone on the list has
a spare drive, or someone on a local newsgroup. I've got a feeling both
I'll try to find one in the old-and-to-be-sold-'store' of the local
university (or maybe two, to install NetBSD 2.0 on the second one).
of our Indigos have 450MB drives, so they don't
need anything
particularly big.
I'll take a big one to install nearly all packages available on the cds,
as the cd drive isn't my own one.
Thanks,
Fabian
3 Dec
3 Dec
11:07 p.m.
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:17:11 +0100
Fabian H?nsel <fabtagon(a)gmx.de> wrote:
The error isn't very meaningful to me. Does
anybody know about the
problem or does have any hints?
Maybe ask at the sgi-rescue mailing list at
http://www.sgihelp.org/
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
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