[KLUG Members] IBM netfinity 3500

[Adam Williams]

>> 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.

Yep.  Is the 3500 hot-swap equipped.  If so you have two little lights on 
each bay.  If the one to the right (sorry, color blind) is flashing then 
your disk is flumoxed.
>>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)

I'd guess that they wiped the HD.