RQZX1 setup?

[Doc Shipley]

Douglas Taylor wrote:
> 
> I have the manual for the RQZX1,  there are two ways to get the Resident 
> Firmware to boot:
> 
> 1. From the ODT level;
> 
> 2. The other way is select DU253 or MU253 as the boot device.  This will 
> start the diagnostics from ROM.
> 
> Once in the diagnostics you have to get the controller to 
> 'Autoconfigure' so it can see all your SCSI devices.

   Thanks, Doug!

   I had found a couple of pages of the manual and have been able to get 
into the firmware and configure the system  **if and only if** a TZ30 
tape drive is attached.  Even if the controller is set to MSCP on both 
channels and an alternate second CSR address, I can't access the RFM 
either by the ODT method or the BOOT xU253 method, and can't boot from 
the SCSI disk.

   This isn't a showstopper, but it is terribly confusing.  The person 
from whom I got the switch settings and RFM instructions runs a variety 
of tape devices on his RQZX1 with no problems.

   I can, by the way, install a second tape device and have that recognized.

   My board is silkscreened REV. E, and the resident firmware utility 
shows a firmware revision of v2.3 and hardware revision "L".


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