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Sorry, but 7.0 will not boot on a 9x7. Apparently,
HP put code in 7.0 that will not allow 9x7's to even
boot 7.0.
Sorry!
Date sent: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:14:51 -0400
Subject: Upgrade to 7.0
Organization: Harte & Lyne Limited
From: "James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
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Send reply to: "James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> I am attempting to upgrade a 917LX from 6.0 to 7.0. I have
> carried out the pre-upgrade tasks according to the Software
> Maintenance Manual that ships on the MPE/iX 7.0 instant info
> CD-ROM. I have verified the SLT, FOS, and SUBSYS tapes. I
> have also verified that there is sufficient contiguous and overall
> disc space for the procedure.
>
> When I try to carry out the initial boot from alternate boot path
> using the factory SLT I get the following error:
>
> ------- Main Menu -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Command Description
> ------- -----------
>
> BOot [PRI|ALT|<path>] Boot from specified path
> PAth [PRI|ALT] [<path>] Display or modify a path
> SEArch [DIsplay|IPL] [<path>] Search for boot devices
>
> COnfiguration menu Displays or sets boot values
> INformation menu Displays hardware information
> SERvice menu Displays service commands
>
> DIsplay Redisplay the current menu
> HElp [<menu>|<command>] Display help for menu or command
> RESET Restart the system
> -------
> Enter command or menu > boot alt
> Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> y
>
> Booting...
> Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 2
>
> ENTRY_TEST status = 0
>
>
> Failed I/O operation with
> ENTRY_IO status = -4
>
> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 0000044F 00000002 00000000 00000000 000000F0 00000003 00000009 00000000
> 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000CF 00000000 00000004 00000000 00000000
>
>
> ------- Main Menu -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Have I missed a step somewhere? The tape drive is the same
> one that I used to verify the tapes that I am using and this
> procedure was itself carried out within the past 24 hours.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
>
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