TZ87 external tape drive

From: Nicci Roth <nicci_at_ny.ox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 16:23:31 -0400

Hi all,

I am trying to setup up a TZ87 external tape drive to my AlphaStation 600 5/266,
running DU 3.2d.

When I power on the system with the tape drive connected and powered on the boot
fails with a long message containing, but not limited to the following lines:

        SERR detected on the PCI
        Unexpected interrupt through vector 66
        Warning -- HWRPB is invalid

Now, if I disconnect the tape drive, boot the system up, halt it, reconnect the
tape drive and power it on, perform an init, it does not fail and I see the
device when I type show dev.

I hooked the tape drive to a different AlphaStation 5/333, powered everything on
and the system booted fine (I tried it twice just to be sure).

I was wondering if anyone had seen this problem before and/or could offer any
suggestions.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-Nicci
Received on Thu Apr 25 1996 - 22:58:30 NZST