formatting an RD54 with on a pdp11/73

[Pete Turnbull]

On Mar 29 2005, 15:47, Heinz Wolter wrote:
> M8190, 2 megs ram, rqdx3 controller..
> booted Jonathon E.'s modified vtserver to run boot.dd and
> the  ZRQCH0.BIN  dumped in E11 from  xxdp25.rl02 pathed for boot.dd..
> then tried to format a proper (sadly prev. PC formatted) RD54
> on an M9058 distrib. card (one drive, DS set to DS3, and terminated)
> (I've also got all  4WP/drive ready switches/leds attached but none
show
> activity on bootup.. so it looks like  ZRQCH0  never even talks
> to the RD54)
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR  00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR  00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
> ZRQC EOP    1
>     2 TOTAL ERRS
>
> Anyone know what these error messages below  mean? Am I using
> the wrong image for an RQDX3 - maybe  ZRQCH0.BIN wants an RQDX2?

No, ZRQC is specifically for an RQDX3, and H0 is the proper version for
an RD54.  It wouldn't work with an RQDX2 (you need ZRQBCx for that).
 Have you got the correct ROMs in the RQDX3?  Correct jumper settings
(standard address set on W1-W11, W12-W17 not fitted, W23 should have
jumpers between 1-2 and 3-4 for most firmware versions)?  Which
connectors do you have the drive connected to (should be J1 and J5)?
 Do you have the terminator resistor pack on the drive itself?

"Fatal Controller Error" sounds like the controller isn't doing what
the diagnostic expects.  Does the RQDX3 pass the self-test?  It has a
small LED on it; that should go out about 3 seconds after power-up if
it passes the selftest.  If it doesn't, disconnect the drive and try
the power-up selftest again.

I've never run ZRQC (or indeed most XXDPv2 diagnostics) the way you're
doing it.  Are you sure that works?



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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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						University of York