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- From: lidl@pix.com (Kurt J. Lidl)
- Subject: Re: Sun 3/60 / Archive QIC-150 boot problems
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:23:29 GMT
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- In article <eric.724211784@roundtable.cif.rochester.edu> eric@roundtable.cif.rochester.edu (Eric Volpe) writes:
- >Hi... I'm having a problem using a Sun 3/60 (prom rev lvl. 1.6) with
- >an Archive QIC-150 SCSI tape.
- >
- >When I try to boot a SunOS 4.1.1 boot tape (60 Mb format) from the
- >prom monitor ("b st()") it fails with a complaint about "sense" or
- >something, or sometimes with "dma never completed".
-
- I was told once by a fairly reliable source that all the sun3
- series computers didn't have support for booting off 150meg drives.
-
- >The same command succeeds with the same tape on another 3/60, and the
- >other 3/60 will also boot the tape from the prom monitor with "b st()"
- >without any problems.
-
- Will the "other 3/60" boot the tape in a 60 megabyte drive of a 150 meg
- drive?
-
- -Kurt
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