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

[H Vlems]

On Dec 31, 2:14 pm, AdeV <s... at solutionengineers.com> wrote:
> AdeV may or may not have intoned:
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> > This appears to work, getting as far as the messages:
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> >  -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
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> > 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
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> 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.

A microVAX 3100-30 is not fast but it won't take half an hour to
format a disk. Which, incidentally, it doesn't. The installation
procedure initializes the disk, which puts a label on the disk and the
filesystem. A microVAX 3100-30 is quite selective, it won't just boot
off any cdrom drive. Is it a DEC drive or something else?
In case it is third party hardware make sure it is set for 512 B block
transfers.
The 43 FILESTRUCT error means that the disk is not bootable.
If you have a working version of simh and connect the 3100-30 to the
network, can you try booting it as a cluster satellite?
Hans Vlems

PS
you dont happen to be in the Netherlands, do you?