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Re: Case 134321: bexley-quickstation will not boot
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derrick Barnes)
Mon Feb 22 18:17:16 1999
In-Reply-To: <199902221538.KAA09329@team-usa.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:25:35 -0400
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
From: Derrick Barnes <dbarnes@MIT.EDU>
Cc: dbarnes@MIT.EDU
Thanks, JJ!
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>Case 134321 has been recently updated and currently stands as follows:
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>--- Entry: Thursday, Feb 18, 1999 11:24 PM -- Email Received --
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>Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 23:24:03 EST
>To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>From: "Aaron M. Rodriguez" <aaronrod@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: bexley-quickstation will not boot
>
>The quickstation at Bexley has never worked. As of right now, the screen is
>white, with some text displayed. There is a prompt, as well. The text on
>the screen reads as followed:
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>SPARCstation 5, Keyboard Present
>ROM Rev. 2.15, 32 MB memory installed, Serial #3598177.
>Ethernet address 8:0:20:22:79:62, Host ID: 8036e761.
>
>Rebooting with command:
>Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@5, 8400000/esp@5,,8800000/sd@3,0 File and
>args:
>bootblk: can't find the boot program
>Program terminated
>Type help for more information
>ok
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>
>the ok is actually a prompt.
>If you could come down and fix it, or email me a solution, it would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you for your time,
>Aaron Rodriguez
>Student Consultant
>Computing Helpdesk
>
>
>
>--- Entry: Friday, Feb 19, 1999 1:24 PM -- barrys ---
>tried to re-install again. almost made it. media errors near the end of
>install. believe it or not, i couldn't find a drive out back that didn't
>have corrupted software. i am installing one now. it's a 1.05 gb.
>
>
>--- Entry: Friday, Feb 19, 1999 6:52 PM -- barrys ---
>harddrive came up out back. however it wouldn't come up when in the bexley
>system. complained of missing or corrupted software. hopefully that is it.
>i didn't have a floppy with me at the time to try a re-install.
>
>
>--- Entry: Monday, Feb 22, 1999 10:38 AM -- jjmorey ---
>--- Sent E-Mail (Entire Log) To: dbarnes
>
>i'll be going over today with another cpu to see if it is our hardware or the
>network that is causing the problem
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