hmm, weird! 
maybe try with only one processor in the machine? 


On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:

> Isildur, yes indeed, and no not quite. I have made a bootable
> ULTRIX 4.5 tape now and tested on the uVAX-II. But it doesn't
> work on the 6000-460! See what I get:
> 
> Loading system software.
> 
> Ultrixload (using VMB version 16)
> 
> Sizes:
> text = 836456
> data = 1223168
> bss  = 849476
> 
> Rewinding tape ...
> Starting at 0x2c19
> 
> 
> 
> cpu 0 panic: processor type not configured
> trap type 8, code = 38, pc = 80075d38
> dump area improper
> 
> ?06 Halt instruction executed in kernel mode.
>      PC     = 041F0012c
>      SAVPSL = 001F0600
>      KSP    = 80000580
> 
> Bootstrap failed due to previous error.
>  >>>
> 
> they seemed to have forgotten to put the KA64A symbol into the
> config(8) file! This is so silly! Now I need the sources to
> make a (truly) generic kernel! And the release notes even say
> that the 6000-500 class is supported!
> 
> Sigh,
> -Gunther
> 
> PS: but your TK50 works beautifully. I just did the routine
> cleaning once per your earlier advice. I also found a way
> to speed up writing by a lot, I use:
> 
> dd ibs=1024000 obs=10240 ...
> 
> so that it streams 1 MB to tape before it needs to reposition.
> Speeds up writing by a factor of 10 or more.
> 
> 
> 
> Lord Isildur wrote:
> 
> > wow! lucky find!!! 
> > very cool
> > any luck on making a tape to boot the 6000 yet?
> > 
> > isildur
> > 
> > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Ah, it pays to stick your nose into closets every now and
> >>then: I found, and will soon take home, a nice big rack full
> >>of SCSI drives and hookable uppable with CI! It's some 3rd
> >>party thing ("MTI" or "MTC" or something?) but I would assume
> >>it is just simply MSCP over CI. This is the best thing that
> >>could happen to me since the 11/780, so hard to get SCSI for
> >>a VAX 6000 otherwise.
> >>
> >>Just to share good news with my friends, not to make you
> >>jealous.
> >>
> >>regards
> >>-Gunther
> >>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow@regenstrief.org
> Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
> Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
> tel:1(317)630-7960                         http://aurora.regenstrief.org
> 
> 
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