Subject: Re: RF71 MSCP controller question
To: A. Sporner <asporner@eagle.ibc.edu>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/10/1997 08:59:35
>
> Hello Group,
>
> I just recently 'edlabeled' and 'copied' miniroot V1.1 to my VaxServer 3500
> When I booted I got a message that said it found my RF71 at UDA0. Then it
> goes on to try to probe UDA1. This yields 'Controller hung'. I think I have
> the partial answer. When I do a 'show UQSSP' at the monitor prompt it
> also reports RF71 at target 0, but then it goes on to targets 1,2,3,4 and 5
> each one with a time-out of about a minute. Without knowing the inner
> workings, it seems like BSD is smarter in knowing when to quit.
>
The meaning of 'Controller hung' is that the controller fails to jump
into the init state, and just hangs. This may happen if there are
no disks on a controller.
> Later in the boot sequence after 4 iterations of 'Controller Hung ...
> then finally 'Changing root device to ra0a' I get a message
> 'UDA1: Init step 3 failed...' This device does not exist! Is there some
> jumper fiddling that I need to do or what?
>
This sounds like a disease that (I hope) is gone in post-1.2; i.e.
with the new MSCP code. Try a new version of the miniroot.
-- Ragge