6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable?

[Wilko Bulte]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 11:10:04AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote..
> As a non-hardware/firmware/kernel  guy, I'm possibly just blowing 
> smoke,  but could the SRM  or PALcode version differences cause this?  Of 
> course, I'm not willing to 'upgrade' to a non-working configuration unless 
> someone can give me assurance that I can get back, and explicit directions 
> on how to do so...:)

You can load a different version from SRM plus PALcode.  Both up and
downgrades will work.  I have sofar not seen showstoppers with SRM 
on FreeBSD.  We did have that with Tru64 etc, no surprise really,
as SRM/PAL upgrades are done for a reason and not for the sake of it.

> Also, if Tillman is willing, we could exchange media and see if each 
> other's media will boot the opposite machine.  That might either eliminate 
> or confirm a bad media issue.  Tillman:  if you are interested, contact me 
> offline: phb1 at psu.edu
> 
> Paul
> 
> At 10:38 PM 1/27/2006, Tillman Hodgson wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 08:05:38PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 10:33:53AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote..
> >> > Wilko,
> >> >
> >> > Sorry for the delay.
> >> >
> >> > Here is a link to the SHOW CONF from my Lynx machine that boots the 
> >6.0R
> >> > CD.
> >> > http://www.personal.psu.edu/~phb1/AS2100A-1.txt
> >> >
> >> > If there is anything else I can provide that might help out, let me 
> >know.
> >>
> >> Well, you have a typical Lynx config here.  An EV5 based box.  A
> >> KZPSC / Mylex DAC960 backplane raid card.  A (useless to FreeBSD) KZPSA
> >> fast-wide-differential SCSI HBA, probably had an external RAIDbox on it
> >> at some point.  And a FastEthernet NIC, the DE500.
> >>
> >> The question now is what config the non-booting Lynx had.
> >
> >My apologies for the delay -- I've now strung a 50 foot serial line out
> >to the garage where the 2100A now lives.
> >
> >P00>>>show dev
> >dka0.0.0.2001.0            DKA0               SEAGATE ST32550W  8104
> >dka600.6.0.2001.0          DKA600                        RRD45  1645
> >dra0.0.0.2007.0            DRA0                5 Member RAID 5
> >dva0.0.0.1000.0            DVA0                      RX26/RX23
> >ewa0.0.0.2008.0            EWA0              00-00-F8-1E-E2-C1
> >pka0.7.0.2001.0            PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7
> >pkb0.7.0.7.0               PKB0                  SCSI Bus ID 7   R01   A12
> >
> >P00>>>sho conf
> >                        Digital Equipment Corporation
> >                           AlphaServer 2100A 4/233
> >
> >SRM Console V5.3-10             VMS PALcode V5.56-7, OSF PALcode
> >V1.45-12
> >
> >Component       Status          Module ID
> >CPU 0              P            B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2
> >CPU 1              P            B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2
> >CPU 2              P            B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2
> >CPU 3              P            B2020-BA DECchip (tm) 21064A-2
> >Memory 2           P            B2022-FA 512 MB
> >I/O                             B2222-AA
> >                                dva0.0.0.1000.0         RX26/RX23
> >
> > Slot   Option                  Hose 0, Bus 0, PCI
> >   2    Intel 82375                                     Bridge to Bus 1, 
> >   EISA
> >   3    DECchip 21050-AA                                Bridge to Bus 2, 
> >   PCI
> >   6    S3 Trio64/Trio32
> >   7    DEC KZPSA               pkb0.7.0.7.0            SCSI Bus ID 7
> >
> > Slot   Option                  Hose 0, Bus 1, EISA
> >
> > Slot   Option                  Hose 0, Bus 2, PCI
> >   1    NCR 53C810              pka0.7.0.2001.0         SCSI Bus ID 7
> >                                dka0.0.0.2001.0         SEAGATE ST32550W
> >                                dka600.6.0.2001.0       RRD45
> >   7    Mylex DAC960            dra.0.0.2007.0
> >                                dra0.0.0.2007.0         5 Member RAID 5
> >   8    DE500-AA Network Con    ewa0.0.0.2008.0         00-00-F8-1E-E2-C1
> >
> >(I removed the SCSI card for the DLT library a few months ago).
> >
> >-T
> >
> >
> >--
> >"Like someone who falls into a river, people will clutch at anything to
> > stay afloat. The truth is, you can swim."
> >    -- Robert Allen
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