mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (01/15/90)
As I mentioned in a previous article, I'm trying to load SunOS 4.0.3 on a
new SPARCstation 1. We have a Sun tape drive and an external Maxtor
drive. I've cabled the system like this:
Sun -> tape -> drive (terminated internally)
SCSI 4 SCSI 1
I had some problems finding the drive when it was at SCSI 0 but now that
it's set at SCSI 1, scsi-probe in the monitor can find it. Then I try to
boot from the tape. At the old monitor I type
bst()
The tape drive makes some noise and then I get:
Booting from st(0,0,0)
Can't rewind tape
Can't open boot device...
If I try again, I get:
Booting from st(0,0,0)
Can't read boot blocks.
Boot load failed
Does this sound like a bad tape or perhaps like I'm having SCSI problems?
Any help, especially by mail, would be appreciated.
mike_nowak@um.cc.umich.edu