DEC 3000 800, Owner'S Manual

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SCSI Device Problems
Software on
Disk Drive
Does Not Boot
If you know that the operating system is installed on the disk
drive that your are trying to boot, but you cannot bring it up, see
Table 13–18.
Table 13–18 Installed Software Problems
Possible Cause Corrective Action
Default boot device is set
incorrectly. See Chapter 10 to set or change the
default boot device.
Default startup action may
be set to halt. See Chapter 10 to change the default
startup action.
System startup command
procedure was modified
incorrectly. Refer to your operating system
documentation for help.
A problem exists with the
fixed disk. Refer to Chapter 14 for information on
running diagnostic tests.
A problem exists with the
operating system software (if
installed) on the fixed disk. Refer to your operating system software
documentation for help.
The scsi_reset variable is
not properly set.
Set scsi_reset to 4 to allow the SCSI
devices enough time to recover from a
SCSI bus reset.
The
boot_reset
variable is
not properly set.
Set
boot_reset
to ON so that
firmware will initialize the kernel
hardware and any TURBOchannel
devices.
Incorrect SYSGEN
parameters for OpenVMS
AXP operating system. Perform conversational or minimum
boot. Refer to your OpenVMS AXP
operating system documentation listed
in Table 6–5.
The boot_osflags variable
is incorrectly set.
Consult your operating system
documentation.
Identifying a Problem 13–27