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Re: Bad LIF magic when installing 4GB drive
From:
Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask]> 1/7/03 4:04:46 PM >>>
I got a strange behavior from our backup job this morning. I failed to
notice a 'typo' in one of my CI variables and although the message
"REMAINDER OF JOB FLUSHED" was issued (see line 396 below), the job did NOT
log off. I was paged by a used in another time zone and ended up
'aborting' the job some 4 hours after the error occurred (see line 397
below). [...]41_7Jan200316:31:[log in to unmask]
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:56:28 -0600
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I agree with Scott on this one.  Last month when I resurrected an old 917, I
tried to install from a tape after replacing the dead disk drive.  I got a
bad LIF magic.  I checked the tape on another system.  It was crap.
Fortunately, after using a delicate tool (hammer) on the disk drive, the
system booted.

Denys

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Scott Swartzell
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:41 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bad LIF magic when installing 4GB drive

Good morning,

To me, 'BAD LIF MAGIC' indicates a problem with the tape
or tape drive, not with the disk drive.

Are you installing this disk to be your new ldev1?  Or are
you just trying to add this disk to your system.  I'm a bit
confused at what you're trying to do.

Scott

> One other thing, are you terminating the SCSI
> properly?
>
> -Craig
>
>
> --- Keven Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > If perchance the SCSI address on the new drive is a
> > duplicate
> > of an already existing device, I believe the boot
> > fails with
> > a hex dump BEFORE you get to the ISL prompt; such
> > that you cannot
> > get to mapper.
> >
> > You would need to manually check and correct the
> > SCSI addresses.
> >
> >
> > Another thought from the previous comments,
> > is your alternate path the tape drive?
> >
> >
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