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

[H Vlems]

On Dec 31, 5:01 pm, AdeV <s... at solutionengineers.com> wrote:
> Wilm Boerhout may or may not have intoned:
>
> > Steven Schweda mentioned  on 31-12-2009 14:38:
>
> > [snipped]
>
> > >    Otherwise, there is some boot-time debugging which can be
> > > turned on.  Should be in the FAQ.
>
> > B /R5:20000 [DKAxxx] should get you some, /R5:30000 some more
>
> Thanks for the advice, Wilm.
>
> Both of those changed the output message, so instead of displaying the
> VMS banner, I got:
>   [same sysboot messages as last time, about the paging file, then]
>   %SYSBOOT-E-Unable to locate file PDDRIVER.EXE
>     83 BOOT SYS
>
> The uVax then tried to boot from the network, until I told it not to.
>
> Seems to me the CDR is not being read properly?
>
> --
> Cheers!
> Ade.

I can mail you a verified copy, no problem. I spent enough money
already on stamps for Christmas cards....
Alternatively, I can set up an Alpha for inbound ftp and you can
download your own image. But I strongly suspect that this is the
master version of the VMS073.IMG file you've found on the internet!
I'm more interested in the Plextor drive, did you manage to locate the
caddy?
Michael Kraemer is right though, VMS doesný play well with third party
cd drives. A VAXstation 3100 M78 uses a Pioneer	DR-U12X and an
Alphaserver 1200
has a Toshiba XM-5701TA. All the others use DEC RRD4x drives.
Good luck


Hans