[Info-vax] Hobbyist RX2620

[alan_fay at symantec.com]

d... at y7mail.com wrote:
> Hi Group,
>
> I purchased a rx2620 from an online liquidator in Australia, who new
> nothing about this device, with the hope to replace my aging DS10.  I
> received the rx2620 today.  A kind fellow VMS user provided a hobbyist
> copy of VMS (8.3-H1) to install.
>
> I am pretty naive about Itanium hardware.  I have played with the
> management processor on some rx2600s at a former job, for very basic
> commands.  I am a programmer not really a VMS administrator.
>
> The rx2620 does not have a lights out management card install - so I
> pulled a Radeon 7500 from my DS10 and installed in the rx2620.  I
> powered up the unit and attempted to boot off the internal DVD driver
> and I got the following error after selecting boot from internal DVD
> from the menu.  (There is no other OS on the internal drives)
>
> EltCheckDevice: Error Reading Catalog Device Error.
>
> After searching HPs website I saw that could indicate a faulty DVD
> drive.
>
> The rx2620 has BMC 3.48.  Which I assume is probably pretty old.
>
> I can go to the Shell and enter service mode and the response to
> sysset looks okay.
>
> What options do I have to move forward from here?
>
> Is there a way using my alpha I can install VMS onto the rx2620?
> (DS10 only has CDnot DVD)
>
> Can I put write a image onto a external USB 2.0 hard drive and boot
> the system?  I saw all the comments about USB keys on the group?
>
> Is there anyway I can test the DVD - say using LINUX DVD?
>
>
> I agree with other comments on the group about the noise of the
> rx2620.  Pretty impressive.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dug

Dug,

During startup you should see the "Device mapping table" (this is an
rx2620):-

Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in]
EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.62]
Device mapping table
  fs0  : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)
  fs1  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,Sig3936D311-9D02-11D9-816B-AA000400FFFF)
  fs2  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part4,Sig3936D310-9D02-11D9-816C-AA000400FFFF)
  fs3  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,SigAEEA9121-1276-11DA-85AC-AA0004000704)
  fs4  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)/HD
(Part4,SigAEEA9120-1276-11DA-85AD-AA0004000704)
  blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)
  blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)
  blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
  blk3 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,Sig3936D311-9D02-11D9-816B-AA000400FFFF)
  blk4 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part2,Sig3936D310-9D02-11D9-816A-AA000400FFFF)
  blk5 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part3,Sig3936D311-9D02-11D9-816A-AA000400FFFF)
  blk6 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part4,Sig3936D310-9D02-11D9-816C-AA000400FFFF)
  blk7 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part5,Sig3936D310-9D02-11D9-816B-AA000400FFFF)
  blk8 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)
  blk9 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)
  blkA : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,SigAEEA9121-1276-11DA-85AC-AA0004000704)
  blkB : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)/HD
(Part4,SigAEEA9120-1276-11DA-85AD-AA0004000704)
  blkC : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)/HD
(Part5,SigAEEA9120-1276-11DA-85AC-AA0004000704)
Shell>

The above "fs0:" is your DVD device. If fs0: is shown in your mapping
table you cold try the following:-

Shell> set vms_flags "0,0"
Shell> fs0:
fs0:\> cd efi\boot
fs0:\efi\boot> dir
Directory of: fs0:\efi\boot
  12/05/04  05:09p <DIR>          2,048  .
  12/05/04  05:09p <DIR>          2,048  ..
  12/05/04  05:09p            3,176,448  ipb.exe
  12/05/04  05:09p              838,656  bootia64.efi
  12/05/04  05:09p              247,296  vms_set.efi
  12/05/04  05:09p              282,624  vms_bcfg.efi
  12/05/04  05:09p              247,296  vms_show.efi
          5 File(s)   4,792,320 bytes
          2 Dir(s)
fs0:\efi\boot>
fs0:\efi\boot> bootia64

to boot from the DVD.

Alan Fay