I presume you're talking about the 947 and not the 922.

Tape drives go bad, sometimes you get incompatible media.

I had a 947 once where the tech brought in his own personal
HP Surestore external DDS attached to the SCSI port, and booted 
from there.

BT


Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sevi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 4:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] 947 tape drive issue
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Newbie to this list and to HP 3000's.  Know enough to be dangerous.
> However, I have been tasked to get a 947 up and running so we 
> can migrate
> from our 922.  Replaced old 2gig system drive with a (newer) 
> 4gig SCSI but I
> can't get the system to boot from the tape drive to install 
> the OS (MPE 6.0)
> 
> I get a green and orange light on the tape's front panel 
> after loading the
> tape.  Does this mean the tape unit (1503 DDS2?) is trashed?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Best,
> Mark
> 
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