VMS V8.2 I64 DVD booted faulted on rx2600

[Song, Charles]

I had a Integrity Server RX2600,
Product Number: AB209A
the Firmware Information:
Firmware Revision: 2.31 [4411]
...............
BMC Revision 1.52
I tyied to intsall the OVMS 8.2 I64 into the local hot-plus 73G disk, but I couldn't booted the up the DVD (label:I64082) at all.
under the EFI:
fs0:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
my question is:
does rx2600's firmware was enough to identify the OVMS filesystem, for I couldn't list the content of DVD.

B+G
Charles Song

[Volker Halle · Accepted solution]

Charles,

your FW revisions are o.k.

Does EFI see the DVD ? What are the error messages you're seeing when trying to boot the I64082 DVD ?

Please check the OpenVMS V8.2 Upgrade and Installation Manual Chapter B.6 Booting Operations

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82FINAL/ba322-90002/ba322-90002.HTMl

Volker.

[Song, Charles]

Volker,
I couldn't see the DVD content at all.
fs0:>dir
or:
shell>fs0:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
the error messages is,
"fs0:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi not found"

How can I confirm the DVD is availiable at EFI?

Charles

[Antoniov.]

Hi Charles,
on Itanium you have to add DVD device (fs0) in boot list, see help bcfg command.
It's simpler, in boot maintenance, select "Add a boot option" then follow instruction.
Your firmware revision is almost recent; HP documentation reports as last build as 4412 but I believe you can only boot changing list.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Volker Halle]

Charles,

did you issue the following command at the EFI Shell> prompt:

Shell> map -r

Do you see the DVD as a file system (fsn:) device ?

Volker.

[Song, Charles]

Sir,

I issused the EFI Command
shell> map -r
........
Device mapping table
fs0: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,SigC5BC0000)
blk0: Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)
blk1: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk2: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,SigC5BC0000)
blk3: Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part2,SigC5BC0000)
mstartup.nsh> echo -off

only the fs0: was seen and it is the hot-plus disk with HP-UX, I want ovwewrite this disk with OVMS.

Charles

[Volker Halle]

Charles,

did you have the I64082 DVD in the drive when you issued the map -r ?

I've just put our V8.2 DVD into the drive of our rx2600 and it looks like this:

Shell> map -r
Device mapping table
fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)
fs1 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig68B36441-E6F6-1)
fs2 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part4,Sig68B36440-E6F6-1)
blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)
blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)
blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(1|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
...

Volker.

[Antoniov.]

I'm with Volker; when type map -r, dvd must be present in unit. It's the same on my rx2600.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Volker Halle]

Charles,

the DVD drive will show up as a BLOCK device (e.g. blk0:), even if there is no DVD in the drive:

blk0: Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)

If there is a DVD in the drive, which contains an EFI partition, it will also show up as a file structured device (e.g. fs0:):

fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0)

Volker.

[Song, Charles]

Volker and Antonio,

I will try to get other I64082 and do the installation.

Thanks
Charles

[Song, Charles]

Volker and Antonio,

I had finished the installation task this afternoon. after insert the new I64082 DVD,
I could find the "fs0:" with OpenVMS file system, boot up using EFI shell, the familiar "VMS INSTALLATION/UPGRUDE MENU".
the follow task was the same as ALPHA.

Thanks again
Charles

[Song, Charles]

VMS V8.2 I64 DVD booted faulted on rx2600