Hello,
Bryan Lavelle <Bryan.Lavelle_at_COMPAQ.com> wins the prize for this part of
the query with:
>Check your cdrom model type, it may not be supported by Tru64 Unix. I
>learned this the hard way on a 2000-300. If it's not a Digital type of
>cdrom that is probably the problem.
and it was. I found a Digital RRD43-DA external CD, and I now get further.
However, there is another problem, but I will post that as a separate thread.
Thanks to
"Beary, David" <David.Beary_at_compaq.com>
"Irene A. Shilikhina" <irene_at_alpha.iae.nsk.su>
(especially, for transcribing the instructions from the docs I don't have)
Neil Dyce <Neil.Dyce_at_bristol.ac.uk>
"Waling Kakebeeke (DSL AK)" <WalingK_at_datacom.co.nz>
Wendy Fong <wfong_at_synacom.com>
-- Bennet
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, I wrote:
> 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 - 16:06:07 NZDT