[KLUG Members] IBM netfinity 3500

[Bruce Smith]

> I just bought a used IBM Netfinity 3500 PII SCSI. I have no experience 
> with SCSI. when I turn the unit on it goes to the second screen that says
> CA      SCSI ID:0    IBM-PCCO DDRS-39130W  !# Harddisk 0
>          SCSI ID:3   HP                HP 35470A         Start unit 
> request failed
> SCSI BIOS Installed Sucessfully

Those are normal messages.  It means it found your hard drive, and the
tape drive okay.  The "Start unit request failed" is also normal.  I get
this all the time on my IBM Intellistations.

> the next screen says
> 1962 Boot sequence error
> and shows a pictorial of putting a disk in drive A
>          This machine I believe has OS2 installed, with IBM DDRS-39130 
> HARDDRIVE, cd, AND hp SURE STORETtAPE 2000, AND 96 M RAM.
>     thanks for any help

I don't know about the Netfinity's, but the IBM Intellistations have a
"Startup" selection in the BIOS to tell it what order to look for boot
devices.  Make sure you have "SCSI" and/or "Hard Drive" listed.

Otherwise, there may be something wrong with your hard drive so it can't
boot from it.  (like it's empty or missing the boot program)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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