SUMMARY: Unable to boot from a Ultrix CD

From: Dr. Otto Titze, Kernphysik TUD, +49 6151 162916 <titze_at_ikp.tu-darmstadt.de>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 18:38:24 +0100 (CET)

Thank you all for your fast answer

Paul Scowen_at_tycho.la.asu.edu
Dean Bennett <Dean.Bennett_at_cgy.valmet.com>
Arnold Sutter <Arnold.Sutter_at_udt.ch>
Bill Bennett <BENNETT_at_MPGARS.DESY.DE>

The result is obviously that I tried correctly, so I have to look in
another direction. The answer with most details gave Bill Bennet

Hi, Otto--

> I have a DECstaton 5000/125, a CD (the only one I found) labeled
> "Ultrix and UWS V4.3 Supp/Unsupp(RISC). Includes BOOT/UPGRADE)"
> I assumed that this should be bootable. Trying
>
> #boot /3/rz4/vmunix (or something else), I get
> ?IO 3/rz4/vmunix (bb rd)

I happen to have an ULTRIX 4.3 installation guide in my collection
of manuals, so I can confirm that you have the right CD (it
should be bootable); the boot command should be (assuming that
your motherboard is at TC slot 3 and that the CD-ROM drive with
the SCSI ID 4 is connected to the on-board SCSI controller, and not,
say, an additional SCSI controller in a different TC slot):

>> boot 3/rz4/vmunix

So except for the leading "/" and that you should be issuing
the command from the console prompt (both of which possibly
typos?), the command you show is more-or-less correct. If !!! was typo!
you can't boot by issuing the command shown above, then
either your CD is damaged or your CD-ROM isn't working;
perhaps try cleaning both?

Hope this helps,
Bill Bennett

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