First thing... I just noticed your original attachment of the failed install shows a lot of "Insert boot media," messages. I have never seen this so I wonder what procedure you are following. What you should do is put the "Operating System Volume 1" cd in dqa0.
>>> init
>>> boot dqa0
If you are doing what I just said, then continue reading the rest of this post.
I have reconfigured a lot of DS20Es and had many frustrations. The only shortcut is to give the system to someone else.
The TOY clock problem is one I have not seen, but leads me to think you have some really basic bad hardware.
(I know you will say... but it was running)
___Assume nothing works___
I would...
- check you have only 4 DIMMs in the machine,
the config says that, but I have seen bad DIMMs that the SRM can't find.
- pull out ALL I/O cards,
I have seen bad Fibre Channel and GBE cards that only fail when the OS activated them.
- disconnect ALL external cables except COM1
You will still have the CD available since:
bus 0, slot 5, function 1 -- dqa -- Cypress 82C693 IDE
bus 0, slot 5, function 2 -- dqb -- Cypress 82C693 IDE
bus 0, slot 5, function 3 -- usba -- Cypress 82C693 USB
bus 0, slot 6, function 0 -- pka -- Adaptec AIC-7895
bus 0, slot 6, function 1 -- pkb -- Adaptec AIC-7895
are on the motherboard.
With the OS install cd in dqa0, do:
>>> init
>>> sys_exer
Let the diagnostic run for an hour. If it reports 0 errors:
>>> init
>>> boot dqa0
The install should get past where you had the failure and terminate with an error that you have no disks to install on.
If all that works, try adding back some cards.
By the way, I have also had these problems:
- A cd drive that worked, but not with one cd.
- An out-of revision motherboard/sfm. This is difficlut to deal with unless you call HP service.
