MicroVAX 3800 DSSI Issues

[william degnan]

>>> B/1 DIA0:

SYSBOOT> CONTINUE

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can boot to VAX/VMS 5.4-2, but on startup, I see this message:
>
> %DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening DUB0:[RS1R4]RS1LOG.COM; as input
> -RMS-E-DNR, device not ready, not mounted, or unavailable
> %DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening DUB0:[ORACLES]ORAUSER.COM; as input
> -RMS-E-DNR, device not ready, not mounted, or unavailable
> %DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening DUB0:[ECMS4]LOGIN.COM; as input
> -RMS-E-DNR, device not ready, not mounted, or unavailable
>
> Okay, so DUB0: isn't mounted, I guess.
>
> ROHIT1$ show dev
>
> Device                  Device           Error    Volume         Free
>  Trans Mnt
>  Name                   Status           Count     Label        Blocks
> Count Cnt
> R7CY2A$DIA0:            Mounted              0  VMS54_2DISK     173289
> 134   1
> ROHIT1$DUB0:            Online               0
> ROHIT1$DUB1:            Online               0
> ROHIT1$DUC10:           Online               0
>
> Device                  Device           Error    Volume         Free
>  Trans Mnt
>  Name                   Status           Count     Label        Blocks
> Count Cnt
> ROHIT1$MUA0:            Online               0
>
> Device                  Device           Error
>  Name                   Status           Count
> FTA0:                   Offline              0
> OPA0:                   Online               0
> TWA0:                   Offline              0
>
> Device                  Device           Error
>  Name                   Status           Count
> IKA0:                   Offline              0
> IMA0:                   Offline              0
> INA0:                   Offline              0
> PTA0:                   Online               1
> PUA0:                   Online               1
> PUB0:                   Online               2
> PUC0:                   Online               2
> PYA0:                   Offline              0
> SJA0:                   Online               0
> SJA1:                   Online               0
> WSA0:                   Offline              0
> XQA0:                   Online               0
>
> Looks like they're online but not mounted. If I'm reading the help pages
> correctly, I should just be able to mount it at this point:
>
> ROHIT1$ mount dub0: disk0
> %MOUNT-F-INCVOLLABEL, incorrect volume label
> -MOUNT-I-VOLIDENT, label = 'USER01      ', owner = '            ', format =
> 'DEC
> FILE11B  '
>
> I tried giving it the correct label, but it still didn't seem to mount. Now
> I wanted to see if the MSCP server is running:
>
> ROHIT1$ show device/served
>        MSCP-Served Devices on ROHIT1  1-SEP-2015 10:55:19.39
>
>                                              Queue Requests
> Device:           Status      Total Size     Current    Max     Hosts
> %SHOW-E-MSCPNOTLD, MSCP-Server code not loaded
>
> No, it doesn't look like it...so getting back to the >>> prompt, I do a bit
> more investigation:
>
> >>>show dev
> UQSSP Disk Controller 0 (772150)
> -DUA0 (RF71)
>
> UQSSP Disk Controller 1 (760334)
> -DUB0 (RA81)
> -DUB1 (RA81)
>
> UQSSP Disk Controller 2 (760340)
> -DUC10 (RA81)
>
> UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500)
> -MUA0 (TK70)
>
> Ethernet Adapter 0 (774440)
> -XQA0 (08-00-2B-17-3F-37)
>
> I should be able to get to the PARAMS> prompt now:
>
> >>>set host /dup/uqssp/disk 1 params
> Starting DUP server...
>
> UQSSP Disk Controller 1 (760334)
>
> Stopping DUP server...
> >>>
>
> Or not? Why can't I seem to get to the prompt? I can with disk 0:
>
> >>>set host /dup/uqssp/disk 0 params
> Starting DUP server...
>
> UQSSP Disk Controller 0 (772150)
> Copyright 1988  Digital Equipment Corporation
>
> PARAMS> show allclass
>
> Parameter     Current           Default        Type     Radix
> --------- ----------------  ----------------  --------  -----
> ALLCLASS                 0                 0      Byte    Dec   B
>
> PARAMS>
>
> Can't seem to get to PARAMS> with disk 2 or tape 0 either. Only disk 0
> seems to work.
>
> Can anyone provide any suggestions? I'd like to see what else is on the
> system. Pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/WYGra
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle
>



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