[SunRescue] So I'm trying to get this Axil 220/245 "up", and I can't...

[Ken Hansen]

Wow, what a strange system - I tried various combinations of HD/CD/termination and no go...

Then I remembered that I used to have problems with the memory subsystem, so I took out all the LX RAM and plugged in two of the original SIMMs, 16 Meg each,and it booted right up.

I put in another two SIMMs, and the system halts/hangs before it starts to read the HD/boot the OS.

Oh, and now that it appears to be working, I am trying to get the machine to boot off the CD-ROM, but no go - it complains about a bad magic number on the drive/device.

Any additional thoughts on this?

An SS/5-85 with TurboGX+ (4 Meg) graphics and only 32 Megs of RAM is only so appealing, esp. seeing that I can not convieniently install another/later OS on the machine.

I'll work with it some more, maybe it is possible to upgrade from an installed Linux image...

This is crazy-making...

Ken
 

------Original Message------
From: "Ken Hansen" <n2vip at bellatlantic.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Sent: April 15, 2001 5:16:35 PM GMT
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] So I'm trying to get this Axil 220/245 "up", and I can't...


I'll give it a go - sounds odd, but I swear this *used* to work fine...

Thanks,

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] So I'm trying to get this Axil 220/245 "up", and I
can't...


>
>   Is the cdrom drive terminated?  If so, try removing the terminator
> and trying again.
>
>   Yes, I know that sounds crazy, but I've run literally hundreds of Axil
> 245s...Their scsi busses are just a little bit quirky.
>
>           -Dave McGuire
>
> On April 14, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > Scenario:
> >
> > Previously working Axil 245 workstation (SS/5-85 MHz "clone", w/72 pin
RAM,
> > stacked SBUS) sat in my basement for a few years ( gawd, I can't belive
> > that...) and now won't boot.
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > On power up, probes memory, properly reports 96 Meg (6x16 Meg SIMMs from
an
> > LX), then identifies all SBUS cards (integrated and optional/plug-in),
then
> > it tests all the memory - all 96 megs test fine (one bank of 32 tested,
then
> > remaining bank of 64 tested).
> >
> > Then nothing.
> >
> > What I tried:
> >
> > I can stop-a the machine and probe-scsi (fine), printenv (fine), test
> > /memory (fine), test scsi (fine), but as soon as I issue a boot command
> > (boot disk, boot cdrom, or just boot) the machine just sits there...
> >
> > The HD is a Micropolis 1 Gig HD, Mfg. in 1993 - I suspected that was
> > bad/questionable, so I removed the HD from the SCSI chain, same result.
It
> > hangs when it tries to boot an OS.
> >
> > **ANY** thoughts?
> >
> > A short while ago I was unable to boot cdrom, but the machine booted an
old
> > Red Hat Linux image (R5.2 Beta, IIRC) that was already on the HD.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Ken
> >
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