OpenVMS booting hung

[Timothy Stark]

I updated axpbox to latest version and re-compiled it when I learned that SCSI command 0x1B was added last month.

I tried to boot OpenVMS 8.4-2L1 from CD but it hung forever after displayed welcome message. It did not show any errors, etc. I had to press ctrl-P to break hung and return back to SRM prompt. I tried it a few times, but it still hung after welcome message displayed.

Does anyone have working-around solution?

[Tomáš Glozar]

Where exactly does it hang? I can boot OpenVMS 8.4-2L1 and get to the INITIALIZE/PRESERVE prompt just fine (with sym53c810 CD-ROM drive).

[Timothy Stark]

I tried to boot but it hung after it displayed welcome message. I waited several minutes but it happened nothing. I was able press ctrl-P back to SRM prompt.

Here is session log:

`
OpenVMS PALcode V1.98-104, Tru64 UNIX PALcode V1.92-105

starting console on CPU 0
initialized idle PCB
initializing semaphores
initializing heap
initial heap 240c0
memory low limit = 1b0000 heap = 240c0, 17fc0
initializing driver structures
initializing idle process PID
initializing file system
initializing hardware
initializing timer data structures
lowering IPL
CPU 0 speed is 800 MHz
create dead_eater
create poll
create timer
create powerup
access NVRAM
Memory size 256 MB
testing memory
..
probe I/O subsystem
probing hose 1, PCI
probing hose 0, PCI
probing PCI-to-ISA bridge, bus 1
bus 0, slot 0 -- pka -- NCR 53C810
bus 0, slot 2 -- ewa -- DE500-BA Network Controller
starting drivers
entering idle loop
*** system serial number not set. use set sys_serial_num command.
Partition 0, Memory base: 000000000, size: 010000000
initializing GCT/FRU at 1c8000
Initializing pka ewa
Memory Testing and Configuration Status
Array Size Base Address Intlv Mode

---

0        256Mb     0000000000000000    4-Way

 256 MB of System Memory

Testing the System
Testing the Disks (read only)
Testing the Network
AlphaServer ES40 Console V7.3-1, built on Feb 27 2007 at 12:57:47
P00>>>sh dev
dka0.0.0.0.0 DKA0 RZ58 2000
dka100.1.0.0.0 DKA100 RZ58 2000
dka400.4.0.0.0 DKA400 RRD42 4.5d
dva0.0.0.1000.0 DVA0
ewa0.0.0.2.0 EWA0 08-00-2B-E5-40-00
pka0.7.0.0.0 PKA0 SCSI Bus ID 7
P00>>>b dka400
(boot dka400.4.0.0.0 -flags 0)
block 0 of dka400.4.0.0.0 is a valid boot block
reading 1230 blocks from dka400.4.0.0.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 99c00(629760)
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at ff56000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V8.4-2L1
                Copyright 2016 VMS Software, Inc.

halted CPU 0

halt code = 1
operator initiated halt
PC = ffffffff83244368
P00>>>
`

Here is config file:

`
sys0 = tsunami
{
memory.bits = 28;
rom.srm = "rom/cl67srmrom.exe";
rom.decompressed = "rom/decompressed.rom";
rom.flash = "rom/flash.rom";
rom.dpr = "rom/dpr.rom";

cpu0 = ev68cb
{
speed = 800M;
icache = true;
skip_memtest_hack = false;
}

serial0 = serial
{
port = 21264;
}

pci0.0 = sym53c810
{
disk0.0 = file
{
file = "tsaxp1-sys.dsk";
cdrom = false;
read_only = false;
autocreate_size = 2048M;
}

disk0.1 = file
{
  file = "tsaxp1-users.dsk";
  cdrom = false;
  read_only = false;
  autocreate_size = 8192M;
}

disk0.4 = file
{
  file = "dist/alpha0842l1.iso";
  cdrom = true;
  read_only = true;
}

}

pci0.2 = dec21143
{
adapter = "br0";
}

pci0.7 = ali
{
mouse.enabled = false;
vga_console = false;
}

pci0.19 = ali_usb
{
}
}
`

[Tomáš Glozar]

You have the SCSI card connected to pci0.0, this is not a supported configuration, might be because of some kind of conflict with the ALi IDE bus, even without it enabled (it is integrated on a real AlphaServer ES40 and always appears on pci0.0).

Try changing the SCSI card to a different PCI port, e.g. pci0.1, that should work. I should probably patch AXPbox to print an error in cases when something else than ALi IDE is attached to pci0.0.