DEC 2000, Model 300 AXP Boot Error Message

From: Bennet Fauber <bfauber_at_ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 18:18:00 -0700

Hello,

I just picked up a DEC 2000 Model 300 AXP system to use as a testbed for
configuration changes. It was running Windows NT 4, SP5 and humming along.
I want to install DU 4.0B on it, so I switched to boot OSF. At boot the
power up tests all run OK, then it gets to

     83 BOOT SYS
INIT-S-CPU...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS...
AUDIT_CHECKSUM_INVALID
     84 FAIL

I tried to boot from the DU 4.0B CD using >>>boot dka600, but that gives me

INIT-S-CPU...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS...
     84 FAIL

I thought this was due to an old firmware, so I upgraded from ROM Version
1.9, Firmware Version - 34a to ROM Version 2.2, Firmware Version 370.

(The firmware upgrade I installed was from a CD labeled Alpha Systems
Firmware Update v3.9, that I think came with the DU 4.0B distribution. I
tried downloading the firmware update from
http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/dec2000.html
but I could not get it to work.)

After doing so, I get the same error messages.

I assume that this is an OSF boot configuration problem, as the machine was
working fine with NT. I'm rather new at this, and I have no documentation
for the system.

What shall I try next?

Thanks, -- Bennet

P.S. A search of the archive on AUDIT_CHECKSUM_INVALID yielded no results.
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Bennet Fauber
Social Science Data Service
University of California, Davis
Received on Fri Oct 08 1999 - 01:20:50 NZDT

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