> Our Non-Profit organization recently aquired an IBM RS/6000 model 7010 by
> donation, assumably in working condition, yet we have not been able to get
> this dinasore (misspelling intended) running. Additional equipment includes
> a 6091 monitor and a 7207 tape drive.
I take this to mean you have a 7013, not a 7010; a 7010 is an X-station
not a server.
Quote:> The front panel shows a 1.44 floppy and a CD-ROM drive. All look OEM.
> After removing the rear and side covers and inspecting the cards, it seems
> to have an 855 Meg and 355 Meg SCSI hard drives. Internal cards are a video
> card (RGB), TokenRing card, Ethernet Card (assumed), and a graphics input
> card. 3 RAM cards (assuming 2-8 meg and 1-16 meg.
This is also indicative of a 7013-520; it is the only RS/6000 box IBM
made that will accept an odd number of memory cards and house the old
857 MB and 355 MB hard drives internally.
Quote:> I'm assuming the machine was initially set up to run from a terminal (which
> we probably didn't receive with the 4 truckloads of donated equipment.) We
> did however, get some manuals, diskettes and tapes for this unit.
> On with the problem.
> When booting with the key in any of the 3 positions, the machine seems to go
> through all of the normal routines, but stops with a readout of "551". At
> this time, there is no video display. I'm assuming the machine is looking
> for a non-existant peripheral device.
A LED with 551 means that your system is trying to IPL and varyon
(activate) a boot device.
It could be that both of the hard drives were part of the root volume
group and one is bad or that your boot logical volume is damaged.
Quote:> I have found a package of diskettes, and some tapes. One package of
> diskettes were labeled "BOSBOOT", "DISPLAY", and "MAINTENANCE", so I
> attempted a boot from diskette. Seems to work ok, but can't seem find the
> correct information or commands to get the machine to boot on it's own.
To use these disks, insert the one marked BOSBOOT into the floppy drive,
turn the key to the SERVICE position (far right) and turn the machine
on. It will read the disk and start booting the machine; when you see
"c07" on the LED, it means it wants the next diskette. Eject the
BOSBOOT diskette, insert the DISPLAY disk next, wait until "c07" is
displayed on the LED again, eject the DISPLAY diskette, then insert the
MAINTENANCE disk last. This should boot the system into maintenance
mode.
> My AIX experience is non-existant, and have very little linux experience.
> Any help or instruction on getting this machine operable would be deeply
> appreciated.
> Paul Rudolf
> Computer Skills Coordinator
> Disability Resources, Inc.
> Reno, NV
It sounds like you may want to reload the system from the ground up.
Your 7207 is a 1/4" tape unit; look for any tapes in the collection you
got that say "Boot Tape" or "LPP tape". You might have a AIX install
tape that you can use to reload the system. Also look for the AIX
version numbers (3.1.5, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, or 3.2.5) on the tapes; AIX 3.x
was the only version of AIX for the RS/6000s that was shipped on the
1/4" cartridges.
If you can find a boot tape, drop me a note.
Have a great day!
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