[Info-vax] Changed Boot behavior on XP1000 since 2013

[Hans Vlems]

On 30 jan, 10:52, Joukj <jo... at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> Volker Halle wrote:
> > On 30 Jan., 10:11, Joukj <jo... at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> >> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> >>> On 2013-01-29 11:07:50 +0000, Hans Vlems said:
> >>>> The next question is : can we fix the error?
> >>>> Very likely we won't get any support from HP, presumably there are
> >>>> very few XP1000's or ALpha Server 1200's (let alone Digital Server
> >>>> 5305's) covered by a
> >>>> hardware maintenance contract.
> >>> AlphaStation XP1000 is listed as a supported system for OpenVMS Alpha
> >>> V8.4 <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/spdalphaintegrity84.pdf>, so HP will
> >>> either be changing the SPD here, or changing the firmware, or (likely)
> >>> changing the OpenVMS Alpha code.
> >> Given this listed support as mentoned above, does the following make sense?
> >>     -I have a software contract with HP
> >>     -I have NO hardware contract
> >> Hp has to respond on the problems I see when booting OpenVMS (asking for
> >> the date (I noticed that the time is always picked up correct even if if
> >> it is not typed)
>
> >>                      Jouk
>
> > Jouk,
>
> > if you have a software contract for OpenVMS with HP, you can certainly
> > raise a call for this problem. Whether HP decides this to be a
> > firmware problem and refuses to fix the firmware or whether HP tries
> > to provide a workaround or even put a workaround into OpenVMS, will be
> > seen.
>
> > If any of your systems are affected (you were talking about the
> > XP1000, AlphaServer 2000 and DWPS500 earlier), please raise a call
> > with HP.
>
> I'll do later today
>
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Please do Jouk, and I'm very curious to see to what (kind of) solution
this will lead.
Hans