Re: VAX station 4000 boot disk

[Hans Rosenfeld <rosenfeld%grumpf.hope-2000.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 09:13:40AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> It seems the disk in my VS 4000 has died - it does an endless loop of
> 
> -DK0:
>   83 SYS BOOT
> 
> -DK0:
>   83 SYS BOOT
> ...
> 
> The machine next to the vax is so loud I can't clearly tell wether the
> disk spins up, but it takes a noticable delay in "show dev" untill it
> prints the identification.
> 
> Now what do I replace it with - are there any ROM limitations I should know
> about? Can I likely boot from a flash card connected via a SCSI<->CF
> adaptor?

IIRC the ROM limitations existed only on older 3100 VAXen. My 4k90
detects its 18GB disk correctly and never had any problems with it.


Hans


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