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From: treese@crltrx.crl.dec.com (Win Treese)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: DECstation 3100
Message-ID: <132@crltrx.crl.dec.com>
Date: 20 Apr 89 06:59:52 GMT
References: <8237@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: treese@crl.dec.com (Win Treese)
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Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab
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In article <8237@boulder.Colorado.EDU> bobk@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Bob Kinne) writes:
>I am having some problems installing ULTRIX on a DEC RISC processor.
>The DS3100 has a 100MB winchester (too small, I know).  I am trying
>to install from a SCSI TK-50.  After typing the boot command, the
>tape runs for about 5 minutes, then I get the beginning of the
>hardware listing.  It always lists the CPU and FPU, sometimes also
>lists the display, and then produces two exception messages.  The
>second is always

[...more info deleted...]

I'd have to check to be sure, but I believe that the 100MB disk is not
supported as a system disk.  It's certainly not big enough to put a
reasonable Ultrix system on if you've left a reasonable amount of swap
space.

The exceptions are admittedly a poor way to fail if it's simply the software
not wanting to go onto the disk.  Of course, it might still be hardware...

Win Treese						Cambridge Research Lab
treese@crl.dec.com					Digital Equipment Corp.