Re: V4R3 alternate IPL device - CDROM

["Jerome Draper" <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I heard that and so I did that and got a Bxxx 4707 message - no/wrong tape
error.  The SLIC CD was in OPT01 and the tape drive was empty.
Hmmm...wonder if it failed on the CD?   Naw.....don't think so.

Jerry


----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 01:51 PM
Subject: Re: V4R3 alternate IPL device - CDROM


> They are BOTH "D". THe secret is to REMOVE the SAVE 21 tape that you just
did
> from the tape drive and load the SLIC CD Before you IPL to "D". (don't ask
how
> I know this)  The system will waste 5 minutes of your time searching the
empty
> drive for a tape and then fall back to the CD automatically.
>
>   - Larry
>
> Jerome Draper wrote:
> > When upgrading from to V4R5 on a Model 170 what is the correct procedure
for
> > performing and IPL D operation such that the CDROM drive is used for the
IPL
> > and not the tape drive? The tape drive and the CDROM both exist on Bus 1
so
> > there is no opportunity to designate the CDROM as an alternate IPl
device
> > within DST.
> >
> > Jerry
>
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