[Info-vax] MicroVAX 3100-30 - won't boot...

[AdeV]

AdeV may or may not have intoned:
> 
> This appears to work, getting as far as the messages:
> 
>  -DKA500
>  %SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping the SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
>  %SYSBOOT-W-SYSBOOT Can not map SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
>  %SYSBOOT-W-SYSBOOT Can not map PAGEFILE.SYS on the System Disk
>  OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version X7G7 Major version id = 1 Minor version id = 0
> 
> however, it stalls there, and I have to power cycle the machine to 
> regain control. The CD can be heard doing stuff for a while, but 
> eventually it seems to stop accessing it 


Hmm, of course, it COULD be trying to format the HDD... how long should 
I leave it before I give up? It's a 1.08GB drive, and so far I've left 
it at the OpenVMS message for maybe 1/2hr.

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Cheers!
Ade.