Conference wrksys::mikasa

896.0. "Problem installing VMS7.0 on AS1000A 5/333" by DEKVC::SWSPKO () Wed May 07 1997 06:21

I have a problem installing OpenVMS on Alphaserver 1000A 5/333.
It was originally configured as NT system, and I switched to SRM to install 
OpenVMS AXP 7.0.

The firmware version installed was as follows.
	1) SRM V4.8-74, ARC V5.28, VMS Palcode V1.19-4

I tried firmware 3.7 update CD also.
	2) SRM V4.6-227, ARC V5.21, VMS Palcode V1.18-2
	   The image is [ALPHA1000A]AS1000A_E5_V4_6.EXE
        3) SRM V4.5-80 , ARC V5.13, VMS Palcode V1.21-4
           The image is [ALPHA1000A]AS1000A_E5_V4_5.EXE

I tried all possible combination using 1),2),3) and VMS7.0, VMS6.2, VMS6.2 1H2,
but failed with the same CPU halt message.

	.	
	.	
	.	
	.	
	jumping to bootstrap code
	Halted CPU0
	Halt code = 5
	Halt instruction executed
	PC = 2000fd98

Firmware 3.2 update CD comes with VMS6.2, and Firmware 3.5 update CD comes with
VMS6.2 1H2. I tried to setup those 2 firmware CD using ">>> b -fl 0,a0 dka400",
but got the same CPU halt message.
Firmware 3.7 update CD was the only one I got success, which comes with Digital
-Unix4.0.

Any clue?
    
Best Regards,
	Lee
    

    Hi Lee
    
    AS1000A 5/333 support started with vms version 6.2-1h3 and support
    was missed in vms 7.0 and is supported in vms 7.1
    
    so need vms 6.2-1h3 or 7.1 to support this platform
    
    jim hutmacher mvhs colorado csc 800-354-9000 ext 25561
    
        

    The minimum version you need is V6.2-1H3. Also V7.1 will work. The
    other versions you tried won't work.
    
    				-Stu-
    

   .0 is cross-posted in a number of conferences -- I've posted an answer
   elsewhere, so I'll post here too: I've extracted the support database
   article that covers the minimum OpenVMS version for various processors,
   the OpenVMS upgrade paths, and OpenVMS release information, and placed
   it on BULOVA:: -- for the pointer, see VAXAXP::VMSNOTES note 9.*.