Subject: Re: Problems booting
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 12/11/1995 01:54:22
On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Gordon W. Ross wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 16:25:17 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
>
> > After booting from a 1.1 boottape, partitioning the drive, copying the
> > mini-root, and re-booting with the miniroot, I get:
> >
> > Boot: sd(0,0,1)netbsd -s
> > scsi: getbyte failed
> > invalid status msg = 1
> > scsi: getbyte failed
> > invalid status msg = 1
> > scsi: getbyte failed
> > invalid status msg = 1
> > scsi: dma never completed
>
> That is the PROM complaining. Is it an old (<3.0) PROM rev?
No. It is 3.0.1
I suspect that it could be the disk setup. I notice that the other
devices that came with the 3/60 all have SCSI parity disabled. Is this
required for boot devices?
Tom