[HECnet] Mulita issue

[Kari Uusim ki]

At the time these boxes were new, it was common that the graphics cards produced sync-on-green as most of the DEC monitors had only RGB inputs (i.e. no H-sync nor V-sync). Times has changed... :)


Kari



On 11.2.2013 1:37, Michael Holmes wrote:
Oh gee what a picky machine....
It wasn't lighting up the flat panel monitor from SRM console.
Switched it to the same old CRT monitor I use with the DEC 3000 (only
monitor with RGB inputs)
and its displaying...

Damn thing is ACTUALLY booting off its little disk that I installed vms
on directly via the DEC 3000.

Now just have to convo boot the damn thing to fix its HOME server for
system disks (node name and addresses changed when I connected to HECnet).

wish me luck...


> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:42:08 +0200
> From: uusimaki at exdecfinland.org
> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Mulita issue
>
>
> Are you sure that nothing has changed on your setup since you booted the
> Multia successfully?
> Any parameter? Anything of the HW?
>
>
>
> On 10.2.2013 21:01, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > Yes I hooked up the vms install CDROM to the multia to boot and
used the boot procedure with floppy and it pretty much stalls after the
"starting bootstrap ..."message.
> >
> > took the HD from the dec3000 with the image of the vms install disk
and tried to boot from it with same results.
> >
> > Bought a new (and expensive) floppy for it and same results.
> >
> > Can flip to ARC and SRM consoles ok (not tried to boot under arc as
I don't have win nt.)
> >
> > ---------
> > Just booted back up and it was at ARC console so I switched it over
to SRM and power cycled it and now it's not powering the monitor.
> > Will have to find my serial cable and try to switch it.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Feb 10, 2013, at 4:06 AM, "Kari Uusim  ki"
<uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Do you have any chance to test booting from a directly connected
SCSI CD-ROM or a disk?
> >>
> >>
> >> Kari
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10.2.2013 0:58, Michael Holmes wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Forgive me if this is off topic, but I was reading about the fixes to
> >>> the VAXStation 4000 regarding chips.
> >>>
> >>> I bought a multia several years back and I think it sucommed to being
> >>> moved to and from Germany and the States too many times.
> >>>
> >>> I had it booting as a satelite off a DEC 3000 just fine, until
this last
> >>> move.
> >>>
> >>> I thought the battery had died and replaced it. (dead battery
prevents
> >>> the bios from coming up)
> >>>
> >>> I get the SRM console and i'd get MOP load message on the DEC
3000 but
> >>> the MULTIA just hangs after message about bootstrapping.
> >>>
> >>> I heard something about an I/O chip that can go bad on the MB and was
> >>> wondering if anyone had any ideas that could be used to fix the
MULTIA.
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>
>