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Here is the latest... Disconnected the tape unit and re-IPL'd and same thing... Took the tape unit completely out and same thing... This were both with a B N IPL So I tried a D M IPL hoping to get into DST and it gave some different SRC's but ended up with normal one. The other ones prior to that were: A1111933 A1121933 A1131933 A1141933 And then: 1014507 again. This is a LITTLE 250. One hard drive, one tape unit, one CD drive, one workstation controller. So maybe the tape drive DOES have to be in it ? The tape unit is: 4/8GB SLR5 QIC-4GB-DC PN 59H3745 And I found out today that it was stored with a tape in the drive... My concern is weather it REALLY is the tape drive or not (no offense to anyone) before I tell them they need to purchase a new(used) one. Thanks ! Chuck -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Carpenter Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:01 AM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: Re: 250 failure Yes, I've tested this myself (boots normal and manual). The MFIOP is basically a SCSI controller. As shipped, the tape and CD are configured with SCSI id 0 & 1 (respectively). DASD will be in range of ids 6,5,4,3 (6 is usually the load source). You can have no tape or CD, 2 tapes and probably 2 CDs (not tested). The only limitation I found was a max of 4 DASD. I would agree that it would not make sense to configure a system without a CD/DVD or tape. This probably why the configurator (or whatever you are basing you opinion on) doesn't allow it. Larry's frankenseries systems are excellent examples of what is possible. http://frankenseries.com Keith
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