Re: [TUHS] DG/UX user/admin around?

In message: &lt;AANLkTi=VKwYCAW-+qE0=ijRQk5O0ci1abjWwT326GRXU(a)mail.gmail.com&gt;            DG UX &lt;dgunix(a)gmail.com&gt; writes: : Yeah, tried that, even with -vvv. Got : : : 01:09.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / AIC-7881U :         Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- : ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- :         Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium : >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- :         Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes :         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 :         Region 0: I/O ports at ec00 [disabled] [size=256] :         Region 1: Memory at ff8ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] :         Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=64K] : : That means that is bus 01, device 09, and function 0. Correct? That means that : dev(ctrl(pci[pci_num]),slot[,func_num[,ctrl_id]])[,dev_id[,LUN]])    == : sd(apsc(pci(0),3,0,7),9,0) ? bus is going to be 1 here.  slot == device since it makes little sense to mix scsi and pci IDs in that part of the string to me and bus:dev:func is fairly standard notation (with variation in punctionation) and dev_id would be 1, since that's the SCSI ID (where it does make sense to use scsi IDs). : I think that ctrl_id is my Adaptec adapter (7, according to Adaptec : mgmt) and dev_id is my SCSI HDD = 1 according to jumper setting and : Adaptet mgmt). I don't think that ctrl_id is 7.  Your SCSI ID for the controller on the scsi bus is 7, but the SCSI ID for all controllers is 7.  If you had a dual channel scsi card, you'd have to distinguish channel A from channel B, and that's usually going to be encoded 0/1 or 1/2 (more typically the former, but I don't know DGUX specifically). So wouldn't that be sd(apsc(pci1),9,0,0),1,0) or more simply sd(apsc(pci1),9),1)?  Hmmm, the above expression has too few ) so I'm thinking based on the original boot command, it should be either sd(apsc(pci(1),9,0,0),1,0) or more simply sd(apsc(pci(1),9),1) Maybe this will be helpful.  But that's just a shot in the dark. There also appears to be a PCI bridge in the new system that isn't in the old system, since the card is on pci bus 1 and the boot loader is looking for it on pci bus 0.  This likely isn't a huge deal since the BIOS of that vintage PC will initialize the bridge correctly. Warner : Also dmidecode shows PCI3 as the only one that is 'in use'. : : Handle 0x0903, DMI type 9, 13 bytes : System Slot Information :         Designation: PCI3 :         Type: 32-bit PCI :         Current Usage: In Use :         Length: Long :         ID: 3 :         Characteristics: :                 5.0 V is provided :                 3.3 V is provided :                 PME signal is supported : : : : Thanks : : : : On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Natalia Portillo &lt;claunia(a)claunia.com&gt; wrote: : > Use lspci -v on the Linux LiveCD to be sure that bus, slot, function and controller number are correct. : > : > El 24/08/2010, a las 15:44, DG UX escribió: : > : >> I've tried 3 things: : >> : >> 1. Board shows "PCI3" : >> 2. Linux LiveCD says PCI slot 3 : >> 3. I've tried a million combinations, just for the heck of it. None worked. : >> : >> And also, as I said, in case there is only 1 adapter it should : >> automatically default and I cant shorthand it, as - : >> sd(apsc(pci(),3),0)root : >> Of course that as for the controller ID it is 7 - as shown by the : >> Adaptec management tool and the device ID is 1 (or 0), depending on : >> where I put it's jumper and also shown by mgmt tool at boot. : >> : >> Got any other ideas of how to verify bus/slot? : >> : >> : >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Natalia Portillo &lt;claunia(a)claunia.com&gt; wrote: : >>> Hi, : >>> : >>> Just a question. : >>> : >>> How did you checked the PCI bus and slot numbers? : >>> Counting physically on the motherboard? : >>> : >>> If this is the case you're doing it wrong. : >>> : >>> The chipset could have various buses and slot numbers and so what appears physically to be slot 0 can easily be bus 2 slot 6. : >>> : >>> El 11/08/2010, a las 15:14, DG UX escribió: : >>> : >>>> Sorry to bother you all with my questions over this ancient machine : >>>> and my failing trials with it.. : >>>> Trying to get a DGUX system (Intel based) to work, as is, on a 'regular' x86 PC. : >>>> : >>>> Just a couple of things : : >>>> : >>>> 1. I did find out that that DG machine is looking for an Adaptec PCI : >>>> SCSI Controller, and so I got an AHA-2940UW PCI card, installed it in : >>>> an old PC, got a matching 9GB HDD and booted it up from my image I've : >>>> 'DD'ed from the original DG machine. : >>>> Boot prompt came up and said it's trying to load : >>>> sd(apsc(pci(0),d,0,7),1,0)root:/dgux -3 : >>>> it didn't, no error msg, just gave me back a "Boot command:" prompt. : >>>> Bootpath of the original machine is sd(apsc(pci(0),d,0,7),1,0)root:/dgux -3. : >>>> The disk drive parameters are correct, according to the docs, its - : >>>> dev(ctrl(pci[pci_num]),slot[,func_num[,ctrl_id]])[,dev_id[,LUN]]). : >>>> I've checked the PCI slot in which I installed the card, it's 3, and : >>>> so I've tried '3' instead of 'd' in the command above, just got the : >>>> boot prompt back again. : >>>> Also tried - sd(apsc(pci(),3),0)root:/dgux -3  which should also work : >>>> according to the docs (all other params are default). : >>>> Tried to play with it and tried tons of combinations, just for the : >>>> heck of it, still nothing. If I do type in some nonsense it does give : >>>> me an error msg : "Error: No device specifications found in the boot : >>>> command. Invalid boot command line". : >>>> According to the docs, once I get the correct syntax, the system should load up. : >>>> Anyone got any advice about that? : >>>> : >>>> 2.   Anyone here a/was a DG/UX user/admin? you guys are very hard to find :) : >>>> : >>>> Thanks, : >>>> D' : >>>> _______________________________________________ : >>>> TUHS mailing list : >>>> TUHS(a)minnie.tuhs.org : >>>> https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs : >>> : >>> : > : > : _______________________________________________ : TUHS mailing list : TUHS(a)minnie.tuhs.org : https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs : :