venta@otello.sublink.org (Paolo Ventafridda) (11/13/90)
In article <36122@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, rohn@cis.udel.edu (David C. Rohn) writes: > I have recently gotten hold of a 3B2/300 running system V. Upon trying to > boot the machine I get the following: > > FW ERROR 1-01: NVRAM SANITY FAILURE > DEFAULT VALUES ASSUMED > IF REPEATED, CHECK THE BATTERY > > FW ERROR 1-02: DISK SANITY FAILURE > I had the same kind of panic 5 months ago. I changed the battery, but no results. It was a problem of the tape SCSI device. Once i changed it, everything came back to normality. As i couldn't guess that, i had tried to enter in magic mode, and reinstall the root fs from tape (booting from floppy). How silly... if i had just changed the tape, i wouldn't have lost a single byte. In your case, though, there's a DISK SANITY FAILURE which i don't really remind to have seen on my monitor during those long hours spent trying to reboot. Could (could) be the SCSI interface, or really the disk itself. My experience is based on a 3b2-600, not on a 3b2-300, but i think that may be this makes no big difference (?). Please let me know about this problem, could be usefull next time i get a system crash ;-( Greets, Paolo -- Paolo Ventafridda -*- INTERNET: venta@otello.sublink.org TELEMATIX MILANO - Via C.Gomes 10, 20124 Milano - +39-2-6706012
pag@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com (Philip A. Gross) (11/28/90)
venta@otello.sublink.org (Paolo Ventafridda) writes: >In article <36122@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, rohn@cis.udel.edu (David C. Rohn) writes: >> I have recently gotten hold of a 3B2/300 running system V. Upon trying to >> boot the machine I get the following: >> >> FW ERROR 1-01: NVRAM SANITY FAILURE >> DEFAULT VALUES ASSUMED >> IF REPEATED, CHECK THE BATTERY This typically is due to the lithium battery running out of juice and needs to be replaced. The battery is a TADIRAN TL-5242 3.6V High Energy Lithium Battery. You can either pay through the nose to get it from AT&T or check out a PC magazine to find the name of a computer battery supplier who may carry this type of battery. You will have to remove the card cage from the motherboard in order to install the replacement. >> >> FW ERROR 1-02: DISK SANITY FAILURE >> This may be fixed by using the IDTOOLS diskette that comes with the AT&T 3B2 Maintenance Reference Manual. There is an option when using this diskette for fixing a disk's sanity. Otherwise, at the worst you might have to reformat and partition the drive, etc. =============================================================================== Philip A. Gross The Computer Solution Co., Inc. Voice: 804-794-3491 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNET: pag@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com USENET: ...!tcsc3b2!pag UUCP: tcsc3b2!pag (804)794-1514 ATTMAIL: attmail!tcsc3b2!pag ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions expressed here are strictly mine and nobody elses. << I haven't heard what I have to say about that yet. >> :-) -- =============================================================================== Philip A. Gross The Computer Solution Co., Inc. Voice: 804-794-3491 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNET: pag@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com