[rescue] 4/110 not booting

[Michael Welle]

Hello,

"Carl R. Friend" <crfriend at rcn.com> writes:

> On 10/6/19 9:57 AM, Michael Welle wrote:
[...]
>> If I start the machine with diag mode disabled the LEDs settle on
>> 00101000 (SCSI/DMA test) and then nothing happens.
>
>    Offhand, I'd suspect the disk drive.  The extended diags likely
> come from disk, and the logical thing to try after finishing off
> the POST is to boot -- and that's where things look like they're
> hanging up.  Is the disk spinning?  Does it make any odd noises
> (e.g. "clicking")?
I have an external SCSI tape drive connected to the machine. Shouldn't I
get the boot prompt if I send a break to the serial port?


>    Good luck with it!
Thanks.

Regards
hmw