Boot problem with CD-ROM on Netserver LH Pro

[Laag]

Switching on the server everything starts fine without any error messages. The only device I can use ist the floppy disk drive A. The computer does not find the CD-ROM drive and says that he has no hard disks. CD-ROM drive is now SCSI and correctly cabled. I use the latest bios and ECU software.

Any thoughts are very appreciated because it seem that I have no chance to configure the LH Pro without access to CD ROM and hard disks.

Thanks a lot for help

Rainhard.

[CA660377 · Accepted solution]

Have you attempted to clear the CMOS on the system? Have you also verified the cabling in the system?

[CA838674]

Check SCSI Id for each device.
If you have two same Ids SCSI card can't be detected

[Laag]

Hallo Theo, hallo guido

I tried to clear the CMOS by flipping switch tree into off position. Then I switched the power on and the system made memory check. The message I received was "CMOS checksum bad Run configuration utility" I have not received the message like "CMOS cleared".

I also checked the DIP switches on the hot swap subsystem. The sitches in upper cage are:
1,2,3 off.
4,5 on.
6 off.

The switches in lower cage are:
1,2,3,4 off.
5,6 on.

Thos is exactly the position described in the manual figure 3-3 page 15 and the default position written in the metal case of the Netserver.

Any ideas about what??s going wrong in my system??

[meloni]

Hi,
first, where is connected your CD-rom? and your Hdd?
if your hdd are connected on the mass storage cage, be sure to not have a scsi conflict.
try to connect only the CD-rom to the scsi controller and see what appear at boot time
the dipswitch have to be put in the way it look in the image I attached