Re: VAX station 4000 boot disk

[Anders Magnusson <karl.anders.magnusson%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 02/15/2012 09:35 AM, Hans Rosenfeld wrote:
> 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.
It may have to do with firmware version also.  Firmware update was
available at gatekeeper? IIRC. I have had it somewhere but cannot
find it right now.

// Ragge