Hi James, you wrote :
Path Number Device Path Device Type
----------- ----------- -----------
P0 56/52.0 (dec) Seq. record access media
P1 56/52.4 (dec) Random access media
P2 56/52.5 (dec) Random access media
Ah, ah, no 56/52.6 ? Can you tell with certainty, or near-certainty, how
many HDDs your faulty 918 has ? 2 ? 3 ? More ? Could be a disk going bad.
Hope this helps ....
Best regards,
Christian "Old Europe" Lheureux
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part
> de James B. Byrne
> Envoyé : dimanche 3 août 2008 18:12
> À : [log in to unmask]
> Objet : [HP3000-L] Help with HP3000 918-LX boot problem
>
>
> Gentle readers,
>
> Several years ago I set up a spare HP3000-918LX as a semi-hot site for our
> main processor, also an HP3000-918LX. As much as possible these machines
> are identically configured. Recently I brought this machine back in house
> to reconfigure it so as to place its nic on a private RFC1918 address
> behind a dual homed Linux box acting as a router and as an SSHD client for
> access to this box.
>
> The problem that developed this morning has me perplexed. I was logged on
> to the HP3000 via the console and ran quad. The console then stopped
> accepting input and would not respond to the break request, or to <ctrl> A
> (I did not try }<ctrl> B). However, tape mount messages still displayed.
> As this box was not in production and I really did not want to spend all
> day trying to figure out what was wrong between quad and the console I
> rebooted the HP via the power switch.
>
> Now the system will not boot! This is what I see:
>
> ------- 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
> -------
> Main Menu: Enter command or menu > sea
>
> Searching for potential boot device.
> This may take several minutes.
>
> To discontinue, press any key.
>
> Path Number Device Path Device Type
> ----------- ----------- -----------
> P0 56/52.0 (dec) Seq. record access media
> P1 56/52.4 (dec) Random access media
> P2 56/52.5 (dec) Random access media
>
>
> Main Menu: Enter command or menu > bo p1
> Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> y
>
> Booting...
> Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 4
>
> IPL error: bad LIF magic.
>
> ------- 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
> -------
> Main Menu: Enter command or menu >
>
>
> Can someone enlighten me as to what has happened or what step my faulty
> memory has caused me to skip?
>
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