Installed Software Problems - Digital Equipment DEC 3000 500X AXP Owner's Manual

SCSI Device Problems
If you know that the operating system is installed on the
Software on
Disk Drive installed disk drive, but you cannot boot the operating system
software, see Table 12–18.
Does Not Boot
Table 12–18 Installed Software Problems
Possible Cause
Default boot device is set
incorrectly.
Default startup action may
be set to halt.
System startup command
procedure was modified
incorrectly.
A problem exists with the
fixed disk.
A problem exists with the
operating system software (if
installed) on the fixed disk.
The
not properly set.
The
not properly set.
Incorrect SYSGEN
parameters for OpenVMS
AXP operating system.
12–26 Identifying a Problem
scsi_reset variable is
boot_reset variable is
Corrective Action
See Chapter 9 to set or change the
default boot device.
See Chapter 9 to change the default
startup action.
Refer to your operating system
documentation for help.
Refer to Chapter 13 for information on
running diagnostic tests.
Refer to your operating system software
documentation for help.
Set scsi_reset to 4 to allow the SCSI
devices enough time to recover from a
SCSI bus reset.
Set boot_reset to ON so that
firmware will initialize the kernel
hardware and any TURBOchannel
devices.
Perform conversational or minimum
boot. Refer to your OpenVMS AXP
operating system documentation listed
in Table 5–4.