Yesterday, I posted:
>I've inherited a dusty 4/110 and am trying to install 4.1.1
>on it. Attempting to boot the miniroot from tape generates
>a "watchdog reset" error, and the boot fails with no other
>error messages. What are possible reasons--and solutions--
>for this? Thanks.
First, thanks to all those who replied; the list below is a
perfect demonstration of how great this list is:
From: ebumfr@ebu.ericsson.se (Mike Rembis 6259)
From: rmoises@titan.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Roger Moises)
From: jsin@JANET.UCLA.EDU (John Sin)
From: tom@yac.llnl.gov
From: ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin)
From: ukw!kevin (Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child})
From: scoggin@udel.edu
From: davis@ee.es.dupont.com
From: tim@otis.hssc.scarolina.edu (Tim White)
From: Mike Raffety <miker@sbcoc.com>
From: paulo@dcc.unicamp.br (Paulo L. de Geus)
From: deltam!tigger!jt@uunet.UU.NET (jim wills)
From: Perry_Hutchison.Portland@xerox.com
From: evan@fsg.com (Evan L. Marcus [Fusion Systems Group, Ltd.])
The replies I received fell into 4 main categories:
o Check the SCSI connections;
o Make sure you're using 'sun4' tapes (not 'sun4c);
o Check the 4/110's memory; and
o Check the 4/110's PROM level.
The last proved to be the key in my case. PROM level is 1.6,
and the 4.1.1 Release Notes specifically state that the minimum
PROM level for a 4/110 is 2.8. This really was a dusty old
machine. Thank, again.
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