MicroVAX 3800 DSSI Issues

[william degnan]

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On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:23 PM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> 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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