tuck@iris.ucdavis.edu (Devon Tuck) (08/16/90)
We have a 386/33 IBM Compatable that we are trying to install Xenix on. We
put the N1 disk in, and press "return" at the "boot:" prompt, the devices
are displayed, and then we get as far as the L5 test in the boot process
until the system {reboots itself.
What is the L test? Has anyone else had this problem? We started out with
a new Genoa Super-VGA card, then swapped it with a straight IBM-EGA card,
and we have no network card, just an Archive QIC-02 tape drive, and a ESDI
380 meg hard drive, a 1.2, a 1.44 and that's it.
Thanks!
Devon
tuck@iris.ucdavis.edusimon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) (08/16/90)
About these diagnostic routines, I've seen mention of A-S, there are probably
more. How about a complete list of what these are? Would help a lot here,
since we do a lot of setting up for our customers.
Advanced Thanks - simon
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Power is danger. -- The Centurion, "Balance of Terror," stardate 1709.2.bal@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM (Brent A. Leever) (08/17/90)
In article <15823@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) writes: >About these diagnostic routines, I've seen mention of A-S, there are probably >more. How about a complete list of what these are? Would help a lot here, This info. would help me out as well. My installation fails at the 'D2' test. Does anybody happen to know what this means ? By failure, I mean I get the copyright screen with the start of a hardware inventory - it acknowledges the presence of a fpu, and two floppies ( 1.44, 1.2 ) - then 'D2' is displayed and nothing else happens. I'm guessing we have a problem with my hard disk ? I've got an EVEREX step 20 w/ a 154 MB Micropolis ESDI drive. 1249 cyls, 7 heads, 36 sect/track . Also a WD8003, and an everex floppy tape, perhaps xenix install has a problem w/ the tape hw ? Anyway, I have no clues. Thanks for your help. -- Brent Leever <bal@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM> -or- <...!tektronix!gvgpsa!gvgspd!bal>
barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) (08/17/90)
In article <15823@s.ms.uky.edu>, simon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) writes: > About these diagnostic routines, I've seen mention of A-S, there are probably > more. How about a complete list of what these are? Would help a lot here, > since we do a lot of setting up for our customers. > I have an old scrap of paper from SCO that *does not* say confidential on it so here goes: Installation Boot Letter Sequence: A Startup B memory sizing C momory sizing D,E,F dinit G allocation of memory for processes H "mem-" message I,J mmu craft K,L cinit M binit O tasktime P "boot off floppy message" Q,R init S,T,U mfree V first call to new process W,X first call to scheduler Y,Z return from main This is a very old piece of paper dated 7-24-87 so it may (probably isn't) not be applicable to current versions. But it may help someone. BTW, it says if bootup stops on A,B or C probably incompatible machine or a defective memory card. If it stops at O, the cause is the cpu flooded with interrupts, indicating bad peripherals. I have no idea what the cinit and binit routines do. Maybe someone else can comment. Bart -- uucp: holston!barton