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Conference wrksys::alphastation

Title:Alpha Workstation Conference
Notice:See note 1.* for conference notices
Moderator:WRKSYS::HOUSE
Created:Wed Sep 07 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1996
Total number of notes:9122

1920.0. "What means HWRPB?" by CALDEC::BOSKLOPPER () Thu Apr 10 1997 19:59

    Can someone tell me what HWRPB means, and next the
    message HWRPB is invalid. What to look for if you have this
    error. Its an AS400 system. 
    Thanks Ben
    Palo Alto CA
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1920.1first question easiestCUJO::SAMPSONFri Apr 11 1997 02:209
HWRPB = Hardware Restart Parameter Block; set up by SRM console.

	According to call logs found using COMET,
you should check two environment variables: os_type and boot_osflags.
These must have values appropriate to the O/S you are trying to boot.
For example, for OpenVMS, try setting os_type to "openvms", and
boot_osflags to "0,0".  Are you switching between O/S's, by any chance?

	HTH
1920.2It is fixedCALDEC::BOSKLOPPERThu Apr 17 1997 15:1016
    Let me update this note.
    The customer upgraded the firmware using arc console and from now
    couldn't install nt anymore. The system run nt3.51 before without
    problems.
    It turns out you can upgrade firmware using arc, but when using
    srm >>> boot -fl 0,A0 dka400
    bootfile: When you enter a file or cr the system give you
    Halt code =7
    Machine check while in PAL mode
    warning -HWRPB is invalid
    It turns out to be a bad memory simm.
    Hope this will be usefull is someone has simular problems.
    
    Ben
    Palo Alto CA