Rick,

Here are the results (note: I had to retype this so if anything does not
look correct, like missing a 0, it was probably me):

test mem

T-SCSI-MEM - Cell Test 00200000 <-> 04000000
T-SCSI-MEM -        Wr AAAAAAAA Addr 03FFFFFC
T-SCSI-MEM -        FWD - Rd AAAAAAAA Wr 55555555 Addr 03FFFFFC
T-SCSI-MEM -        REV - Rd 55555555 Wr AAAAAAAA Addr 00200000
T-SCSI-MEM - Addr Test 00200000 -> 04000000
T-SCSI-MEM -         Wr Data = Addr 03FFFFFC
T-SCSI-MEM -         Rd Data = Addr 03FFFFFC
T-SCSI-MEM - LLSC Test Addr 00200000
T-SCSI-MEM - Clr Mem 00200000 -> 04000000
T-SCSI-MEM -       Wr 00000000 Addr 03FFFFFC

OK

test scsi

T-SCSI-INIT A
T-SCSI-HBM A
T-SCSI-INT A
T-FLOP

OK

Something that I have done since I posted the first info.  I went to
ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/ARCHIVES/JENSEN_INSTALL and used the
firmware update and ECU to update my system.

I used the minlabel.exe and copyboot.exe to partition the first harddrive
with a /boot, /SWAP, /EXT2 partitions using the ARC boot.  I then copied the
bootdisk to the harddrive.

I switched back to the OSF and from the >>> prompt, I typed BOOT -FL INSTALL
DKA000.

Then it runs a little and I get the following error:

?02 KSP INVAL
  PC=00000000.200000000 PSL= 00000000.00001F00

I also have to make a ramdisk for netBSD to run in the above way.  So, that
may be the reason for the above error.

Back to more reading.

Thanks,
Bill Norman

----- Original Message -----
From: <Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it>
To: "Bill Norman" <normanb@surftx.net>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: DECpc AXP 150 and NetBSD install


>
> can u shyw us the report from the following commands?
>
> test mem
> test scsi
>
> see if those tests passed or not, just to see if it is a harware problem
> or not.
>
> thanks
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Bill Norman wrote:
>
> > First off, sorry for the original html email, I did not realize that the
> > default on Outlook Express was html format.
> >
> > I have a Decpc AXP 150 machine that I would like to load NetBSD on.  It
has
> > an Alpha AXP Rom ver 2.2 loaded with a SRM firmware 370.  This is an
EISA
> > only motherboard with a 21064 cpu and 64 MB of RAM.
> >
> > During NT bootup, the scsi controller and both hard drives are
recognized,
> > as is the cd-rom, floppy, and DEC network card.
> >
> > It has both the SRM and the ARC consoles, which I can select to boot to.
> >
> > I can boot to the ECU floppy which has version 1.4 on it.
> >
> > I have both a bootable CD and a bootable floppy with NetBSD on them.
When I
> > try to boot to either, I get an 84 FAIL error.
> >
> > I do not have much documentation for this system and I have been
following
> > the directions from a document that I downloaded from the Alpha-NetBSD
> > website.  It's heading is "September 10, 2001 INSTALL 8 NetBSD.htm".
> >
> > I have the following devices identified by the system:
> >
> > ADP0002 SCSI
> > ISA VGA
> > DEC4220 NIC
> > DVA0  PC Floppy Disk
> > DKA0  A/0/0  Disk FX DSP3133
> > DKA100  A/1/0  Disk FX RZ26F
> > DKA500   A/5/0  RoDisk RM CD-ROM
> > HOST  A/7/0  Proc  AHA1742A
> >
> > When I type;
> >
> > >>> B DVA0
> >
> > I get;
> >
> >    84 FAIL
> >
> > or, when I type:
> >
> > >>>b dka500
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > INIT-S-CPU...
> > AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ...
> >
> >    84 FAIL
> >
> > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.  If you have any links that
I
> > can follow to read more about this, please post them.  I will read and
try
> > to fix this by "trial-and-error" or by following others advice.  I would
> > just like to get this system working with any *BSD or *nix system that
it
> > will run on.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Bill Norman