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Restoring Deskpro XL 6200
I'm interested in installing Linux on my old Deskpro XL 6200. I have
downloaded the configuration utility, but it won't start from the floppy. I get the following message: 172 EISA Configuration Nonvolatile Memory Invalid Initialization aborted Run Configuration Utility 1782-Disk Controller Failure 162 System Options not set Run Configuration Utility Then I can resume with F1, and then it says Invalid System Disk Replace... etc. All of this with configuration utility disk 1/4 in the floppy. Any ideas to fix this would be greatly appreciated! |
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Britt Morelli Hansen schrieb:
I'm interested in installing Linux on my old Deskpro XL 6200. Nice Box, got one of these too. I have downloaded the configuration utility, but it won't start from the floppy. I get the following message: What exactly did you download? http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/7156.html is listed for the /XL, but I prefer to set up all my EISA Compaqs using http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...oad/13227.html 172 EISA Configuration Nonvolatile Memory Invalid Initialization aborted Run Configuration Utility 1782-Disk Controller Failure 162 System Options not set Run Configuration Utility Then I can resume with F1, and then it says Invalid System Disk Replace... etc. All of this with configuration utility disk 1/4 in the floppy. Any ideas to fix this would be greatly appreciated! Does the machine try to access the floppy(light, sound)? Check floppy drive cable connections. Try to clear the current configuration in CMOS (default boot device is stored there). Make sure Floppy boot is enabled (it can be disabled using the DIP switches) Try to write the system disks to a different Floppy drive, if you have another system availiable. Swap the deskpro floppy drive for a known good one, probably the one you wrote the disks on. If you have any other Compaq EISA System you can try to boot a SCSI disk with exiting F10 service partition. Unluckily the Deskpro/XL can't boot any of the SMARTstart CDs used for setting up the Prosignia and Proliant servers. Gereon |
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"Gereon Wenzel" skrev i en meddelelse ... Britt Morelli Hansen schrieb: I'm interested in installing Linux on my old Deskpro XL 6200. Nice Box, got one of these too. I have downloaded the configuration utility, but it won't start from the floppy. I get the following message: What exactly did you download? http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/7156.html is listed for the /XL, but I prefer to set up all my EISA Compaqs using http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...oad/13227.html Now I've tried both without succes... 172 EISA Configuration Nonvolatile Memory Invalid Initialization aborted Run Configuration Utility 1782-Disk Controller Failure 162 System Options not set Run Configuration Utility Then I can resume with F1, and then it says Invalid System Disk Replace... etc. All of this with configuration utility disk 1/4 in the floppy. Any ideas to fix this would be greatly appreciated! Does the machine try to access the floppy(light, sound)? Check floppy drive cable connections. Light is on all the time, which may indicate a problem with the floppy? I've checked the connections and they seem to be ok. Try to clear the current configuration in CMOS (default boot device is stored there). Cleared it by setting sw 6 to on in 60sec. and then back to off. Make sure Floppy boot is enabled (it can be disabled using the DIP switches) How is that? sw4=on overrides the EISA configuration diskette boot control. Does that mean that it doesn't boot from floppy when on? Try to write the system disks to a different Floppy drive, if you have another system availiable. Swap the deskpro floppy drive for a known good one, probably the one you wrote the disks on. I did the floppies on a laptop which makes it a bit difficult to swap drives. I'll try to get my hands on another drive. If you have any other Compaq EISA System you can try to boot a SCSI disk with exiting F10 service partition. Unfortunately not.... Unluckily the Deskpro/XL can't boot any of the SMARTstart CDs used for setting up the Prosignia and Proliant servers. Seems I'm a bit stuck unless there are other clever suggestions?! :-/ Gereon |
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Britt Morelli Hansen schrieb:
.... Does the machine try to access the floppy(light, sound)? Check floppy drive cable connections. Light is on all the time, which may indicate a problem with the floppy? I've checked the connections and they seem to be ok. If its on _all_ the time this sound like a cable twisted by 180 degrees? Try to clear the current configuration in CMOS (default boot device is stored there). Cleared it by setting sw 6 to on in 60sec. and then back to off. Make sure Floppy boot is enabled (it can be disabled using the DIP switches) How is that? sw4=on overrides the EISA configuration diskette boot control. Does that mean that it doesn't boot from floppy when on? You can disable "Floppy boot" in the EISA config .... If you have any other Compaq EISA System you can try to boot a SCSI disk with exiting F10 service partition. Unfortunately not.... Contact me if you can't find an appropriate drive, I may have one spare? The drive itself is a pretty generic Mitsumi drive, just it has a Compaq Bezel that can be swapped easily. Complete Compaq Floppies sell on epay.de frequently. You may get a complete XL for a few EUR. Gereon |
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"Gereon Wenzel" skrev i en meddelelse ... Britt Morelli Hansen schrieb: ... Does the machine try to access the floppy(light, sound)? Check floppy drive cable connections. Light is on all the time, which may indicate a problem with the floppy? I've checked the connections and they seem to be ok. If its on _all_ the time this sound like a cable twisted by 180 degrees? Hey, you are right! :-) It works!! Stupid me... On the other side of the cable it said "this side up". Wouldn't it make more sense if the back side had said "this side down"?! Try to clear the current configuration in CMOS (default boot device is stored there). Cleared it by setting sw 6 to on in 60sec. and then back to off. Make sure Floppy boot is enabled (it can be disabled using the DIP switches) How is that? sw4=on overrides the EISA configuration diskette boot control. Does that mean that it doesn't boot from floppy when on? You can disable "Floppy boot" in the EISA config ... If you have any other Compaq EISA System you can try to boot a SCSI disk with exiting F10 service partition. Unfortunately not.... Contact me if you can't find an appropriate drive, I may have one spare? The drive itself is a pretty generic Mitsumi drive, just it has a Compaq Bezel that can be swapped easily. Complete Compaq Floppies sell on epay.de frequently. You may get a complete XL for a few EUR. Thanks you so much for the assistance! :-) Actually I'm trying to install Linux on the machine, but now the scsi drives are giving me hard times. Red Hat 7.3 does not have the appropriate drivers. Anyone out there who could direct me to the right place for this? Gereon |
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If its on _all_ the time this sound like a cable twisted by 180 degrees?
Hey, you are right! :-) It works!! Stupid me... On the other side of the cable it said "this side up". Wouldn't it make more sense if the back side had said "this side down"?! Just a shot in the dark from own painful experience. (o; .... Actually I'm trying to install Linux on the machine, but now the scsi drives are giving me hard times. Red Hat 7.3 does not have the appropriate drivers. Anyone out there who could direct me to the right place for this? For me the the Tekram driver supplied with SuSE worked with the onboard AMD SCSI. The Tekram DC-390 uses the same AMD SCSI chip. No experience with Red Hat yet. There may be a module called AM53C974 or tmscsim http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc390/ There seem to be many people using this machine with LINUX, even the onboard sound looks to be supported. The onboard NIC is a PCI version of the AMD Lance chip called AMD PC-Net. Gereon P.S. Feel free to ask further questions. |
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"Gereon Wenzel" skrev i en meddelelse ... If its on _all_ the time this sound like a cable twisted by 180 degrees? Hey, you are right! :-) It works!! Stupid me... On the other side of the cable it said "this side up". Wouldn't it make more sense if the back side had said "this side down"?! Just a shot in the dark from own painful experience. (o; ... Actually I'm trying to install Linux on the machine, but now the scsi drives are giving me hard times. Red Hat 7.3 does not have the appropriate drivers. Anyone out there who could direct me to the right place for this? For me the the Tekram driver supplied with SuSE worked with the onboard AMD SCSI. The Tekram DC-390 uses the same AMD SCSI chip. No experience with Red Hat yet. There may be a module called AM53C974 or tmscsim http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc390/ There seem to be many people using this machine with LINUX, even the onboard sound looks to be supported. The onboard NIC is a PCI version of the AMD Lance chip called AMD PC-Net. Thanks again...:-) I tried the AM53C974 several years ago without luck and gave up for this particular machine. It still doesn't work for me, but the tmscsim worked nicely. Haven't done anything on the sound yet. Now I have Red Hat 7.3 running. I wonder if there exists a driver to get my Compaq PD-1 LF-1094C drive to work both for cd's and rewritable optical disks. Now it only seems to work with cd's? Gereon P.S. Feel free to ask further questions. |
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