5.1B installation fails

[Dondon Gamo]

I'm installing 5.1B on ES40 w/Smart Array 5302/fw6.5 but couldn't complete (it reach 98% then drops and went back to bios level screen and gives the error message "failed to open pya0.X.X"). I tried using diff. pair of 18 & 36 (with a bigger partition size) for the system disk using raid 1 but problem persists...any idea ?

[Johan Brusche]

Are you using the Smart Array 5302 for Intel based systems or the 5302A (aka KZPDC-BE) for AlphaServers ?
Full support for the 5302A on V5.1B mentions that patchkit#2 should be installed.

Even with only this 98% completed install, are you able to boot genvmunix from pya0 ?

>>>boot -fl s -fi genvmunix pya0

If that works, can you build a kernel with doconfig ?

Johan.

[Dondon Gamo]

hi johan, i'm using sa5302 (for alpha) and i'd tried booting using b -fl s -fi genvmunix
pya0...but i got the same error message. "failed to open pya0.X.X"..

[Ralf Puchner]

sa5302 -> not supported with Tru64
sa5302A (3X-KZPDC-BE) -> supported with:

Tru64 UNIX V5.1A with the New Hardware Delivery -5 kit (NHD 5 or later). The New Hardware Delivery -5 kit (NHD 5) is listed on the World Wide Web as: Nhd5.tar.gz Tru64 UNIX V5.1A New Hardware Support The Web page is: http://ftp.service.digital.com/public/Digital_UNIX/v5.1a/nhd/

Tru64 UNIX V5.1A Patch Kit 4 is mandatory for supporting the SA5300A controllers on the Tru64 UNIX V5.1A. The Patch Kit 4 is listed on the World Wide Web as: t64v51ab4as0004-2002xxxx.tar The Web page is: http://ftp.service.digital.com/public/Digital_UNIX/v5.1a/

Tru64 UNIX V5.1B with the Inaugural Patch Kit (IPK) (mandatory for 5300A controllers). The Inaugural Patch Kit is listed on the World Wide Web as: t64v51bb1as0001-2002xxxx.tar The Web page is: http://ftp.service.digital.com/public/Digital_UNIX/v5.1b/

Note: The Smart Start or any other Intel/Windows based install utilities are not supported.

[Johan Brusche]

DG,

Sorry, I gave you the wrong device mnemonic for the bootcommand. Devices connected to pya0 are called dya1, dya2, dya3, etc..., so the boot command is

>>>boot -fl s -fi genvmunix dya1

Did you run the bios-setup to create logical devices , ie:
>>> run bios pya0

Do you seen any devices with the name DYAx when you do a >>>sho configuration

Johan.