Re: [foxboro] Uh oh! AW51E will not boot
- From: "Brown, Stanley" <stan.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 20:28:21 +0000
Agreed, sounds like an issue with the NVRAM. FYI> Foxboro writes this
configuration on SHUTDOWN, not start up, something I always thought was
backwards. Also check the aliases in the NVRAM, mirror is an allied for some
specific hardware path.
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From: Stan Brown [mailto:stanb@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Martin
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 03:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [foxboro] Uh oh! AW51E will not boot
A couple of thoughts:
Is the drive formatted correctly, or is it the correct one? Depending on the
whether the drives are SCSI or IDE (but I think the 51E is SCSI), you have to
be sure to format the SCSI drive using a format (partitioning and
naming) that is recognized by the I/A software, or if it is IDE, you have to
use the specific hard disks that are recognized by the I/A software. If SCSI, I
think you use the I/A software boot CD to run the format command and pick one
of the formats - the SCSI drive just has to be same size or bigger for what you
are trying to format it as.
Also, be sure the motherboard eeprom (I forget what is called) is configured to
match the same as used by I/A. I think the settings are published some where
on the TAC site.
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[foxboro] Uh oh! AW51E will not boot
I hope there are still some ol' UNIX users still out there...
I rebuilt an AW51E and attempted to restore it from a streaming tape. I
had
to swap out the streaming tape drive and the external hard drive (no
internal hard drive) from spare parts until I found a combination that
worked (I guess some of them are broke). I was eventually able to get a
clean restore. However, when I rebooted, the AW51E goes into an endless
reboot cycle. "Stop a" gets me to the ok prompt, but "boot -s" and "boot
-r" give me a different set of error messages. It seems like every day,
and
every reboot is a new adventure but the following are the error messages I
am getting. Hopefully someone will recognize their cryptic UNIX meaning
and
can help me trouble shoot the problem.
*****On the continuous reboot cycle I get the following...
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: mirror (?Note: this AW51E does not have mirrored drives?)
File and args:
SunOS Release 5.5.1 blah, blah, blah
Copyright blah, blah, blah
WARNING: /pci@1f, 4000/pci@5/SUNW, isptwo@4 (isp0):
Target 0 reducing transfer rate
WARNING: /pci@1f, 4000/pci@5/SUNW, isptwo@4 (isp0):
Parity error
WARNING: /pci@1f, 4000/pci@5/SUNW, isptwo@4 (isp0):
Target 0 reducing transfer rate
WARNING: /pci@1f, 4000/pci@5/SUNW, isptwo@4 (isp0):
Parity error
WARNING: /pci@1f, 4000/pci@5/SUNW, isptwo@4 (isp0):
Target 0 disabled wide SCSI mode (?Note: SCSI mode
disabled?)
*****On "boot -s" or "boot -r" I get the following...
Boot device: /pci@1f 4000/pci@5/SUNW, isptwo@4 sd@0,0 File and args: -s
OR
-r
Can't open boot device
PS. It looks like maybe it cannot see the external SCSI drive? Is this
SCSI address imbedded in the backup tape data. Do I need to have the same
SCSI address on the restore box as the backup box?
Thanks.
Joseph M. Riccardi
386-441-0250 Office
386-451-7607 Cell
Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"To give real service you must add something that cannot be bought or
measured with money; and that is sincerity and integrity." - Donald A.
Adams
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