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kidde_valind@yahoo.se
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 15 May 2006
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 Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject:
PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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My PWS 500 AU won't boot the Tru64 CDROM I got with it, giving me an
error message saying
"block 0 of dkb0.0.0.207.0 is not a valid boot device"
Linux and OpenVMS installation CDs boot fine, which makes me curios. Is
the CD broken, or am I doing something wrong? |
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Michael Kraemer
*nix forums Guru Wannabe
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 220
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:56 am Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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In article <1147726683.875804.215200@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
kidde_valind@yahoo.se writes:
| Quote: | My PWS 500 AU won't boot the Tru64 CDROM I got with it, giving me an
error message saying
"block 0 of dkb0.0.0.207.0 is not a valid boot device"
Linux and OpenVMS installation CDs boot fine, which makes me curios. Is
the CD broken, or am I doing something wrong?
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not sure if it helps, but I use the following:
set bootdef_dev ""
set os_type UNIX
boot dka400 # CD-ROM @ ID=4
but since normally VMS is more picky about such details,
it could well be that your media is damaged. |
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kidde_valind@yahoo.se
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 15 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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Media damage would be my guess too. But since the CD seems to be fine
other than not booting, is there anyway I could make an image of it,
make that bootable, and burn a new CD? If not, would it be possible to
netboot the installation using files from the CD (osf_boot, vmunix,
genvmunix and GENERIC all seem to be undamaged)?
Thanks a lot for helping a Tru64 newbie. |
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Stefaan A Eeckels
*nix forums Guru Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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On 15 May 2006 13:58:03 -0700
kidde_valind@yahoo.se wrote:
| Quote: | My PWS 500 AU won't boot the Tru64 CDROM I got with it, giving me an
error message saying
"block 0 of dkb0.0.0.207.0 is not a valid boot device"
Linux and OpenVMS installation CDs boot fine, which makes me curios.
Is the CD broken, or am I doing something wrong?
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Tru64 can only boot from the first CD-ROM on the first IDE interface.
While in SRM, do a "show config | more" and look for the first PCI IDE
controller. The CD-ROM on that controller should be called "dka0.0...".
If it's called "dka100.0.0..." you will not be able to boot from it.
Simply switching the CD-ROM to be "master" on the first IDE interface
should do the trick.
Take care,
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Stefaan A Eeckels
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"Technically, Windows is an 'operating system,' which means that it
supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to
suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating." -Dave Barry |
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Marc Schlensog
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
Posts: 39
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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On Tue, 16 May 2006 17:32:01 +0200
Stefaan A Eeckels <hoendech@ecc.lu> wrote:
| Quote: | On 15 May 2006 13:58:03 -0700
kidde_valind@yahoo.se wrote:
My PWS 500 AU won't boot the Tru64 CDROM I got with it, giving me an
error message saying
"block 0 of dkb0.0.0.207.0 is not a valid boot device"
Linux and OpenVMS installation CDs boot fine, which makes me curios.
Is the CD broken, or am I doing something wrong?
Tru64 can only boot from the first CD-ROM on the first IDE interface.
While in SRM, do a "show config | more" and look for the first PCI IDE
controller. The CD-ROM on that controller should be called
"dka0.0...". If it's called "dka100.0.0..." you will not be able to
boot from it.
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Excuse me, but this is plain wrong. It is also able to boot from SCSI
devices, as is the case here.
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Simply switching the CD-ROM to be "master" on the first IDE interface
should do the trick.
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Should be quite hard to hook up a SCSI CD drive to an IDE port...
Marc |
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Michael Kraemer
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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In article <20060516173201.ca18f62d.hoendech@ecc.lu>, Stefaan A Eeckels
<hoendech@ecc.lu> writes:
| Quote: | Tru64 can only boot from the first CD-ROM on the first IDE interface.
While in SRM, do a "show config | more" and look for the first PCI IDE
controller. The CD-ROM on that controller should be called "dka0.0...".
If it's called "dka100.0.0..." you will not be able to boot from it.
Simply switching the CD-ROM to be "master" on the first IDE interface
should do the trick.
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What I was wondering about the OP (and this one) that VMS went flawless
and Tru64 caused trouble. My experience was the opposite:
Tru64 installed w/o problem, whereas for VMS I had to use
an external Plextor SCSI CD-ROM. |
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Stefaan A Eeckels
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Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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On Tue, 16 May 2006 20:21:54 +0200
Marc Schlensog <fishtank@web.de> wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 16 May 2006 17:32:01 +0200
Stefaan A Eeckels <hoendech@ecc.lu> wrote:
On 15 May 2006 13:58:03 -0700
kidde_valind@yahoo.se wrote:
My PWS 500 AU won't boot the Tru64 CDROM I got with it, giving me
an error message saying
"block 0 of dkb0.0.0.207.0 is not a valid boot device"
Linux and OpenVMS installation CDs boot fine, which makes me
curios. Is the CD broken, or am I doing something wrong?
Tru64 can only boot from the first CD-ROM on the first IDE
interface. While in SRM, do a "show config | more" and look for the
first PCI IDE controller. The CD-ROM on that controller should be
called "dka0.0...". If it's called "dka100.0.0..." you will not be
able to boot from it.
Excuse me, but this is plain wrong. It is also able to boot from SCSI
devices, as is the case here.
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AFAIK, the PWS500AU came with an IDE CD drive (at least mine did).
On my machine, dka and dkb are IDE 1 and 2, and dkc is the SCSI
controller.
| Quote: | Simply switching the CD-ROM to be "master" on the first IDE
interface should do the trick.
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When I tried to install Tru64 with the CD-ROM connected as "slave", it
came up with a very similar message. I reported what worked for me.
Even with the boot device specified and working correctly, the
Tru64 boot/OS load code reverted to the primary device. The CD drive
was recognised and the system read the core OS from the CD, but then,
as said, it insisted on using the primary device and failed to install
the OS. Switching the CD-ROM to "master" and changing the boot device
in SRM fixed the problem.
Take care,
--
Stefaan A Eeckels
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for
insects. -- Robert A. Heinlein |
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kidde_valind@yahoo.se
*nix forums beginner
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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The fact that VMS is able to boot from the CDROM drive pretty much
rules out configuration error, I think. All I can think of is, as said
before, media damage. Assuming this is the case, what should I do? Do I
have any option but to pay HP $100 for a replacement CD? |
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Michael Kraemer
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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In article <1147871804.825112.228300@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
kidde_valind@yahoo.se writes:
| Quote: | The fact that VMS is able to boot from the CDROM drive pretty much
rules out configuration error, I think. All I can think of is, as said
before, media damage. Assuming this is the case, what should I do? Do I
have any option but to pay HP $100 for a replacement CD?
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or find some kind soul in comp.unix.tru64 providing yoy with a copy 
which version are you trying to run ? |
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kidde_valind@yahoo.se
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 15 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:10 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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What would the chances for that be? 
(Perhaps someone could just provide me with the first megabyte (I'm not
sure on the size of the boot sector for Alpha systems) or so from their
CD, as my CD seems otherwise intact?)
My CD is a plain 5.1. |
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Stefaan A Eeckels
*nix forums Guru Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
Posts: 190
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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On 17 May 2006 06:16:44 -0700
kidde_valind@yahoo.se wrote:
| Quote: | The fact that VMS is able to boot from the CDROM drive pretty much
rules out configuration error, I think. All I can think of is, as said
before, media damage. Assuming this is the case, what should I do? Do
I have any option but to pay HP $100 for a replacement CD?
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Have you checked the CD-ROM drive? If it's SCSI, it should be fine, but
if IDE, make sure it's connected as master to the first IDE bus. I
wasn't able to boot from CD-ROM when it was connected as slave, even
though the CD-ROM drive was working perfectly in Windows, and SRM
recognised it.
--
Stefaan A Eeckels
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And as crazy as this sounds, people tend to be able to manage systems
better if they have a good internal mental model of how the system
works. --Logan Shaw |
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Thursday AKA dr._john
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 25 Nov 2002
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: PWS 500AU won't boot Tru64 CD
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Dear Kidde, & list:
I've been through this with various PWS and XP1000 machines. One PWS I
had would read Comjpaq CDs just fine but not Red Hat. I got it to boot
the RH disks by swapping the stock Toshiba out for an old 8x Sony IDE
unit. The slower speed and Sony quality combined to enable a read and
a clean install of RH 7.1, later 7.2. The RH disks were stamped. The
machine never had a problem with a DC that had been burned.
lI got a bunch of 68-pin Plextor CDroms and used them in my 'puters for
a while. They don't always work, either, plus I think they slow down
the other drives on the bus. A few weeks ago I had problems again,
this time with an Alpha Core 2.0 install on an xp1000. I tried various
CDroms, but what worked in the end was going back and burning the ISOs
at 8x instead of 48x.
Contact me OL if you feel you need a 5.1 CD.
jn |
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