[KLUG Members] IBM netfinity 3500

[mag00]

Dave...

Did you get any floppy disks with this PC?  You can get a
disk image from the IBM support files that will boot this
machine to your BIOS settings if you do not have one.  I
believe that you will want this disk if you did not get
one with the used machine.  Look for the Netfinity 3600
Setup Disk in the IBM support download files.

Does this PC have a CD-ROM drive?  If it does, you might be
able to boot right from the BS-Ware CD and start your Red
Hat v8.0 install by telling the BIOS to boot from the CD
instead of the hard drive.  It should allow you to set the
boot sequence to floppy, hard drive, or CD!  

If your hard drive IS toasted... you can get replacement
drives from many sources.  Let me know if you need help
finding a replacement.  I know of several good sources for
them, even if they are the 'hot swappable' ones that Adam
mentions.

At 02:31 PM 12/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>> 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.
>
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