Help! Problems installing SunOS 4.1.3_U1 on a SS10/512.
> I have just received a new SS10/512 and I'm having problems
> during installation of Solaris 1.1.1 (with SunOS 4.1.3_U1).
>
> I turned the machine on and it stopped at the prom monitor prompt.
> Then I issued the following command:
> > boot cdrom
>
> After a few moments I got some messages like the following ones:
>
> Boot device fstype 4.2 root:vmunix
> size: xxxx
> Data Access Exception
> Type help for more information
>
> ... and then I got the prom monitor prompt.
>
> Any idea?
Here is a summary of the replies I received.
How the problem was "solved" is at the end of this message.
Thanks to all who replied.
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From:bmaggio@lci.com (Bill Maggio)
>
> Try a new scsi cable. I've seen this same error several times
> when booting from a cd-rom, replacing the cable always
> worked!
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From: positron!metcalf@UUCP-GW.CC.UH.EDU (Taft Metcalf)
>
> You need to install 4.1.3_U1B! Plain old U1 does not support the latest
> SS10 CPUs
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From: Todd Pfaff <todd@water.eng.mcmaster.ca>
>
> We have had the same problem this week with two new SS10/51 systems.
> We had to install 4.1.3 instead.
>
> Interestingly enough, I have succesfully installed 4.1.3_U1 on an
> older 10/51.
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From: "Sharon Buller - Sys Adm Team (1723)" <sharon@telecomm.tadiran.co.il>
>
> I 've had the same error once, and the problem was the cdrom (not the
> drive but the disk).
>
> Try to boot from the same cdrom on another machine , just to be sure that
> the problem is not the machine and then try to chsnge the cdrom.
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From: Tom Reingold <tommy@big.att.com>
>
> In your message toSun-Managers@eecs.nwu.edu (cc to me) you wrote:
>
> I had this problem. I turned out to be either a cable or lack of
> termination. I had not needed the terminator before, but the LX
> seems more picky about that.
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From:anderson@neon.mitre.org (Mark S. Anderson)
>
> What happened when you typed 'help'?
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From:rmk@snowhit.att.com (Richard Kurtz (816)995-3204)
>
> Yeah, pull out one processor card and try again.
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From:jamervi@sandia.gov (1236 Joseph A. Mervini)
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> Check your cable or terminator to make sure it is properly seated.
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From:bern@penthesilea.Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
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> There was a somewhat similar Request lately (if I'm not very much mistaken),
> and it boiled down to "take out the 2nd CPU during Installation".
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From:crosbie@bsis.com (Scott Crosbie)
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> I had this problem when I had a scsi drive that wasn't terminated.
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From:dougj@iplab.health.ufl.edu (Doug Jones)
>
> try pulling on eof the CPU's during installation of SUNOS
The "solution":
Well, there was no hardware problem. I installed the SunOS 4.1.3
instead. Now I have a question: Does the SunOS 4.1.3 use the two CPUs
of the machine?
Thanks,
--Murilo
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Murilo Silva Monteiro Systems Analyst
Computer Science Department
Email:murilo@dcc.ufmg.br Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Tel : +55(031)448-5860 Belo Horizonte - MG
FAX : +55(031)448-5858 Brazil
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