RE: 250 failure

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