| Title: | DEC3000 |
| Moderator: | WRKSYS::BCLARK |
| Created: | Wed Jan 04 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 266 |
| Total number of notes: | 763 |
I am trying to upgrade the firmware of a DEC300 500s.
If I use UPDATE 3.7 or 3.8 I get the following error
after hitting return to "Bootfile:"
%APB-I-FILENOTLOC, Unable to locate
%APB-I-LOADFAIL, Failed to load secondary bootstrap, status=00000910
?05 HLT INSTR
I have also tried giving the file [DEC3000]M500_V6_9.exe
with update 3.8, but I also get a halt.
In desperation I tried to update the firmware with UPDATE 3.2,
but it also fails.
If I do a "show config" it displays
DEC 3000 - M500
VPP PAL X5.41-82000101/OSF PAL X1.28-82000201 30-Apr-93
What versions of UPDATE do I require to update the firmware.
Julian
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 246.1 | ZIMBRA::BERNARDO | Dave Bernardo, VMS Engineering | Tue Jan 28 1997 13:25 | 3 | |
A status of 910 is 'file not found'...
d.
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| 246.2 | FORTY2::PULLEN | Julian Pullen | Wed Jan 29 1997 11:44 | 9 | |
If I specify the bootfile [DEC3000]M500_V6_9.exe I dont get "Unable to locate", I just get 05 HLT INSTR The "SHOW CONFIG" gives the CPU information CPU OK KN15-AA -V2.4-S45E-IO77-SV1.0 -DECchip 21064 P3.0 Julian | |||||
| 246.3 | try in several steps | CERN::HOBBS | Congrats to the Ignoble Peace Prize winner! (http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/ig_nobel) | Thu Jan 30 1997 06:09 | 10 |
I don't think that the firmware upgrades have ever been capable of jumping arbitrary numbers of versions. Since you are trying to go from V2.4 to V6.9, it seems that the V6.9 is not able to understand firmware that's nearly 4 years old. Try getting old firmware kits and do it in several steps (like a kit from 1994, one from 1995, ...) -cw | |||||