I've seen this error a number of times, and has always been a hardware problem
with the disk. I would be calling your hardware support company to get this
looked
at.
Richard Bayly
Vivek Singh wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> As an afterthought, I got another reason as to why this might be
> happening. It could be due to improper setting for alternate path in the
> firmware. To check this, boot from your primary path (the hard disk),
> and when you come to ISL, issue this command to find out the peripheral
> map of your system :
>
> ISL>ode run mapper
>
> From this map, find out the SCSI id of the tape drive (most probably it
> will be listed as 52.0, which means that the tape SCSI id is 0 and it is
> connect to the SCSI card in the path 52.).
>
> Now come out of ODE, and at ISL prompt, give this command to find out
> the current settings of the primary and alternate paths :
>
> ISL> display
>
> If the alternate path is different than the one listed in ODE, then use
> the following command to change this :
>
> ISL> altpath 52.0 (or whatever was listed in ODE)
>
> After this, reboot from the alternate path and see if you can get thru.
>
> All the best!
>
> Vivek
>
> Vivek Singh wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > Has the SLT tape been created on the same system which you are trying to
> > boot using this SLT? If not, then most probably, the fault could be due
> > to a dirty tape drive which you can clean using a cleaning cartridge.
> > Also, it could be due to incompatible tape drives (Some plain DDS drives
> > fail to read tapes generated on DDS-2 or DDS-3 drives).
> >
> > However, if the system on which you created this SLT is same as the one
> > which you are trying to boot using this SLT, then the problem could be
> > due to improperly loaded tape. Eject the tape and load it again in the
> > drive.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Vivek
> > ([log in to unmask])
> >
> > CSY-Bangalore
> >
> > Jon Diercks wrote:
> > >
> > > Okay, I know I'm not the only nut-case working this holiday weekend, so
> > > somebody ought to be able to give me a clue on this one. I generated an
> > > SLT and checked it with CHECKSLT, then tried to boot from it. This is
the
> > > result:
> > >
> > > Main Menu: Enter command or menu > bo alt
> > > Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> y
> > >
> > > Booting...
> > > ENTRY_TEST
> > > Status = 0
> > >
> > > Failed to initialize.
> > >
> > > ENTRY_INIT
> > > Status = -4
> > >
> > > 0B300041 00000002 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000391 0000BF02 00000000 00000000 00000070 00000004 00000044 00000000
> > > 00000002 00000000 000000F1 00000091 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > >
> > > Failed to initialize.
> > >
> > > Anybody know why? TIA
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________________________
> > > Jon Diercks * Systems Manager * Information Technology Services
> > > [log in to unmask] (PGP available) Anderson University
> > > http://rowlf.csv.anderson.edu/ 1100 East Fifth St
> > > (765)641-4305 * FAX (765)641-3851 Anderson, IN 46012
> >
> > --
> > Thanks and Regards,
> >
> > Vivek Singh
> > ([log in to unmask])
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards,
>
> Vivek Singh
> ([log in to unmask])
>
> CSY-Bangalore
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