[Info-vax] rx2600s on eBay

Wed Mar 25 10:32:51 EDT 2009

vax... at chemie.uni-konstanz.de wrote:

> It's impossible to boot from a SCSI-DVD or SCSI-Acard-IDE-DVD
> because the drive only understands 2048 block commands whereas
> VMS wants 512 Byte blocks per I/O.

   As is so often true, there's a difference between
"I couldn't do it" and "It's impossible".

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[...]
EFI version 1.10 [14.61]
EFI64 Running on Intel(R) Itanium Processor Family
EFI 1.10 IPF zx6000/rx2600/zx2000 1.22 [Thu Mar 11 14:22:35 2004] - HP

Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Broadcom Corporation
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet EFI driver v3.0.7

Loading 'FPSWA'...
Loading 'lsi1030'...
Loading 'gigundi'...
2 0 0x00020B 0x0000000000000006 EFI Launching Boot Manager
Scsi(Pun0,Lun0) SEAGATE ST373453LC      DX10 (320 MBytes/sec)
Scsi(Pun1,Lun0) SEAGATE ST336607LC      DS09 (320 MBytes/sec)
Scsi(Pun5,Lun0) TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M17111005 ( 20 MBytes/sec)
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is detected (PCI)
[...]

EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61]  Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]

Please select a boot option

    OpenVMS on DKA0: PKA0.0
    EFI Shell [Built-in]
    Internal Bootable DVD
    Boot Option Maintenance Menu
    System Configuration Menu

    Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option

Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in]
EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.61]
Device mapping table
  fs0  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,Sig7C75A091-D2DA-11
DD-8A23-AA000400FEFF)
  fs1  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part4,Sig7C75A090-D2DA-11
DD-8A24-AA000400FEFF)
  fs2  : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun5,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,Sig7AA08C95)
  blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
  blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,Sig7C75A091-D2DA-11
DD-8A23-AA000400FEFF)
  blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part4,Sig7C75A090-D2DA-11
DD-8A24-AA000400FEFF)
  blk3 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD
(Part5,Sig7C75A090-D2DA-11
DD-8A23-AA000400FEFF)
  blk4 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)
  blk5 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun5,Lun0)
  blk6 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|1)/Scsi(Pun5,Lun0)/HD
(Part1,Sig7AA08C95)
Shell>

[...]

Shell> fs2:

fs2:\> ls
Directory of: fs2:\

  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  EFI
          0 File(s)           0 bytes
          1 Dir(s)

fs2:\EFI> ls
Directory of: fs2:\EFI

  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  .
  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>              0  ..
  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  VMS
          0 File(s)           0 bytes
          3 Dir(s)

fs2:\EFI> cd VMS

fs2:\EFI\VMS> ls
Directory of: fs2:\EFI\VMS

  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  .
  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  ..
  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  UPDATE
  10/08/07  01:07p            4,196,864  IPB.EXE
  10/08/07  01:07p <DIR>          1,024  TOOLS
  10/08/07  01:07p            1,199,104  VMS_LOADER.EFI
  10/08/07  01:07p              329,216  VMS_BCFG.EFI
  10/08/07  01:07p              302,592  VMS_SET.EFI
  10/08/07  01:07p              300,032  VMS_SHOW.EFI
  10/08/07  01:07p              887,296  VMS_SPCFG.EFI
          6 File(s)   7,215,104 bytes
          4 Dir(s)

fs2:\EFI\VMS> VMS_LOADER.EFI

%VMS_LOADER-W-Conin device path cannot be set to multiple devices

%VMS_LOADER-I-Select Console Device Paths from the Boot Manager Menu.

    HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.3-1H1
    © Copyright 1976-2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #1 has joined the active set.

    Installing required known files...

    Configuring devices...

%EIA0, Auto-negotiation mode assumed set by console
%EIA0, Auto-negotiation started, advertising 100BaseTX Full Duplex,
Flow Control
%EWA0, Auto-negotiation mode assumed set by console
%EWA0, BCM5701 located in 64-bit, 66-mhz PCI slot
%EWA0, Device type is BCM5701C (UTP) Rev B5 (01050000)
%EWA0, Link up: 100 mbit, full duplex, flow control (txrx)
%PKC0, Copyright (c) 1998 LSI Logic PKW V3.2.20 ROM 4.19
%PKC0, SCSI Chip is SYM53C1010/66, Operating mode is LVD Ultra3 SCSI
%PKD0, Copyright (c) 1998 LSI Logic PKW V3.2.20 ROM 4.19
%PKD0, SCSI Chip is SYM53C1010/66, Operating mode is LVD Ultra3 SCSI

    ****************************************************************

    You can install or upgrade the OpenVMS I64 operating system
    or you can install or upgrade layered products that are included
    on the OpenVMS I64 distribution media (CD/DVD).

    You can also execute DCL commands and procedures to perform
    "standalone" tasks, such as backing up the system disk.

    Please choose one of the following:

        1)  Upgrade, install or reconfigure OpenVMS I64 Version
V8.3-1H1
        2)  Display layered products that this procedure can install
        3)  Install or upgrade layered products
        4)  Show installed products
        5)  Reconfigure installed products
        6)  Remove installed products
        7)  Find, Install or Undo patches; Show or Delete Recovery
Data
        8)  Execute DCL commands and procedures
        9)  Shut down this system

Enter CHOICE or ? for help: (1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/?) 8

    WARNING --

    The normal OpenVMS startup procedure has not executed.
    Some commands and utilities will not work as documented.
    HP does not support PRODUCT INSTALL and other
    PRODUCT operations in this environment.

    Enter DCL commands -- Enter "LOGOUT" when done.
    When you enter "LOGOUT" a message will be displayed saying
    "Process SA_STARTUP_DCL  logged out at <date> <time>",
    and you will be returned to the menu.

$$$ show logical sys$sysdevice
   "SYS$SYSDEVICE" = "DKB500:" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

$$$ show device /full d

Disk DKB500:, device type TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1711, is online,
mounted, software
    write-locked, file-oriented device, shareable, available to
cluster, error
    logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations
completed               1293
    Owner process                 ""    Owner
UIC                         [1,1]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot
S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,W
    Reference count               13    Default buffer
size                 512
    Total blocks             5881024    Sectors per
track                    32
    Total cylinders             5744    Tracks per
cylinder                  32
    Logical Volume Size      5881000    Expansion Size Limit
37797888

    Volume label         "I640831H1"    Relative volume
number                0
    Cluster size                   4    Transaction
count                    51
    Free blocks               595272    Maximum files
allowed            588100
    Extend quantity                5    Mount
count                           1
    Mount status              System    Cache name
"_DKB500:XQPCACHE"
    Extent cache size             64    Maximum blocks in extent
cache    59527
    File ID cache size            64    Blocks in extent
cache                0
    Quota cache size               0    Maximum buffers in FCP
cache         93
    Volume owner UIC           [1,1]    Vol Prot
S:RWCD,O:RWCD,G:RWCD,W:RWCD

  Volume Status:  ODS-2, subject to mount verification, allocation
inhibited
      because of error on bitmap, file high-water marking, write-
through caching
      enabled.

[...]

$$$ dire /date /prot /size /excl = sys*.* dkb500:[000000]

Directory DKB500:[000000]

000000.DIR;1              27   8-OCT-2007 13:05:38.23
(RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
ALPHA_TOOLS.DIR;1          1   8-OCT-2007 13:05:40.96  (RWE,RWE,RE,RE)
AVAILMAN_I640301.DIR;1
                           1   8-OCT-2007 13:08:01.82  (RWE,RWE,RE,RE)
AVAIL_MAN_BASE.DIR;1
                           1   8-OCT-2007 13:07:27.19  (RWE,RWE,RE,RE)
BACKUP.SYS;1               0   8-OCT-2007 13:05:38.23  (RWED,RWED,RE,)
BADBLK.SYS;1               0   8-OCT-2007 13:05:38.23  (RWED,RWED,RE,)
BADLOG.SYS;1               0   8-OCT-2007 13:05:38.23  (RWED,RWED,RE,)
BITMAP.SYS;1             360   8-OCT-2007 13:05:38.23  (RWED,RWED,RE,)
CDSA_I64023.DIR;1          1   8-OCT-2007 13:08:07.94  (RWE,RWE,RE,RE)
[...]

   This is with the block-size jumper set to 2048.  As I
recall, something, perhaps booting from a DVD, failed when it
was set to 512.

> I used one in a Sun 611 box to install the OS on my rx2600
> systems.

   Honest.