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

[H Vlems]

On Jan 1, 7:06 pm, Kari Uusimäki
<uusim... at exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> wrote:
> On 31.12.2009 18:15, H Vlems wrote:
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> > On Dec 31, 5:01 pm, AdeV<s... at solutionengineers.com>  wrote:
> >> Wilm Boerhout may or may not have intoned:
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> >>> Steven Schweda mentioned  on 31-12-2009 14:38:
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> >>>>     Otherwise, there is some boot-time debugging which can be
> >>>> turned on.  Should be in the FAQ.
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> >>> B /R5:20000 [DKAxxx] should get you some, /R5:30000 some more
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> >> Thanks for the advice, Wilm.
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> >> 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
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> >> The uVax then tried to boot from the network, until I told it not to.
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> >> Seems to me the CDR is not being read properly?
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> >> --
> >> Cheers!
> >> Ade.
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> > 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
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> > Hans
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> Btw. many of the DEC RRD* drives are made by Toshiba. But if the CD
> drive wouldn't work correctly the boot wouldn't go as far as it appears
> to have now. I also do suspect the CD medium rather than the drive. If
> Hans sends you a tested CD try using that first.
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> The old RRD drives weren't built to support CD-R media and they are
> known not to accept CD-R media. The CD-R drives instead are built to be
> fast rather than accurate. The latest RRD drives (like the RRD46) do
> accept CD-R media better. If you find one on Ebay, go for it. They
> should be affordable.
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> Good luck with your VMS hobby!
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Ade, if you'd like a copy (tested)  of the VAX/VMS V7.3 cd then send
an email to hvlems#at#zonnet#dot#nl with your postal address.
All I ask ik return is a postcard of your home town.
Hans