Subject: Re: DS3100
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Josh Davidson <dogtoy@ductape.net>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/26/2000 12:29:43
sorry,6 is KN01 SII not 7
Quoting Josh Davidson <dogtoy@ductape.net>:
> alright,
>
> scsi pb reports that 7 is KN01 SII
> 3 is an rz23l
> 2 is an rz32
>
> KN01 V.7.03
> 08-00-2b-24-39-a0
> 0x00000000
> >>
>
> when I type boot -f rz(0,3,0)/vmunix it makes a kind of circular grinding
> noise.
> when I type boot -f rz(0,2,0)/vmunix the hdd spins up and I get a very long
> what
> would appear to be kernel panic.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Josh
>
>
> Quoting "Michael L. Hitch" <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>:
>
> > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Chris wrote:
> >
> > > This would seem to indicate that the NVRAM has been reset (if it
> has
> > > one) or the CMOS battery is dead (I've never seen the inards of 3100 so
> I
> > > don't know if it has one) In either case, all the settings have been
> > erased.
> >
> > As old as the 3100 is, the battery is almost certainly dead unless has
> > been repleced in the recent past. [My 3100 has that problem, but I
> > don't use it often enough to make it worthing fixing yet.]
> >
> > > try show dev
> > > and then boot dkaXXX to see if there is an OS on a certain drive.
> >
> > Huh?
> >
> > KN01 V7.01
> > 08-00-2b-1a-91-6e
> > 0x01800000
> > >> show dev
> > ?47a path: show
> > ?43e ill cmd: show
> >
> > > The ROM monitor system on 2100's and 3100's is nearly identical to
> a
> > > VAX. So cnfg, etc. won't work like they do on the rest of the DEC MIPS
> > line.
> > > typing ? or help should get you started beyond the above.
> >
> > None of the ROM monitors I've seen on the 3100 (or any other MIPS
> > DECstations) is anything close to a VAX, and it certainly doesn't know
> > anything about DK* devices.
> >
> > To show the known disk devices, the command to use is 'scsi pb' [scsi
> > probe bus, I would guess].
> >
> > The boot command is 'boot -f rz(0,n,0)/netbsd' - where 'n' is the disk
> > scsi id. The boot command 'auto -f rz(0,n,0)/path' will boot into
> > multiuser mode. If the '-f path' is missing, it will use the contents of
> > the "bootpath" environment variable.
> >
> > --
> > Michael L. Hitch mhitch@montana.edu
> > Computer Consultant
> > Information Technology Center
> > Montana State University Bozeman, MT USA
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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