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* Booting from new disk (rx2660)Iain Smith
`* Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)Iain Smith
 `* Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)Iain Smith
  `- Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)Chris Townley

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Booting from new disk (rx2660)

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Subject: Booting from new disk (rx2660)
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 by: Iain Smith - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 13:05 UTC

Hardware type: HP rx2660 (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4

Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are of
type, HP DG036A9BB6

Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from from a
DVD boot which went without error.

I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a new
entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See the
following...

EFI Boot Options list: Timeout = 10 secs.

Entry Description Options
----- ----------------------------------------------------------
-------------
1 OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 -fl 0,0
DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
2 hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 -fl 0,0
Device not Found
3 Internal Bootable DVD
DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
4 iLO Virtual Media
Device not Found
5 Core LAN A
EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
6 Core LAN B
EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
7 EFI Shell [Built-in]
VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5 entries found.

(The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)

The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get the
following sequence...

PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not Found

Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found

Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD

My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could be
going wrong. All input gratefully received.

TIA.

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From: iain@issinoho.com (Iain Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 15:05:10 +0000
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 by: Iain Smith - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 15:05 UTC

Iain Smith wrote:
> Hardware type: HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
> Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4
>
> Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
> maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are of
> type, HP DG036A9BB6
>
> Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from from a
> DVD boot which went without error.
>
> I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a new
> entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See the
> following...
>
> EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.
>
> Entry  Description                                                Options
> -----  ----------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
>    1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl 0,0
>          DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
>    2   hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2                    -fl 0,0
>          Device not Found
>    3   Internal Bootable DVD
>          DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
>    4   iLO Virtual Media
>          Device not Found
>    5   Core LAN A
>          EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
>    6   Core LAN B
>          EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
>    7   EFI Shell [Built-in]
>          VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> 5 entries found.
>
> (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)
>
> The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get the
> following sequence...
>
> PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
> Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not Found
>
> Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
> Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found
>
> Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD
>
> My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could be
> going wrong. All input gratefully received.
>
> TIA.
Update. Running the VALIDATE (option 5) from BOOT_OPTIONS reports the
following...

Validate EFI Boot Options list: Timeout = 10 secs.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 -fl 0,0
DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
efi$bcfg: Invalid MBR/GPT on Disk.

So the image restore doesn't set the boot sectors correctly??

Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)

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From: iain@issinoho.com (Iain Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 20:27:45 +0000
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 by: Iain Smith - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 20:27 UTC

Iain Smith wrote:
> Iain Smith wrote:
>> Hardware type: HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
>> Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4
>>
>> Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
>> maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are of
>> type, HP DG036A9BB6
>>
>> Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from from
>> a DVD boot which went without error.
>>
>> I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a
>> new entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See
>> the following...
>>
>> EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.
>>
>> Entry  Description                                                Options
>> -----  ----------------------------------------------------------
>> -------------
>>     1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl
>> 0,0
>>           DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
>>     2   hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2                    -fl
>> 0,0
>>           Device not Found
>>     3   Internal Bootable DVD
>>           DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
>>     4   iLO Virtual Media
>>           Device not Found
>>     5   Core LAN A
>>           EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
>>     6   Core LAN B
>>           EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
>>     7   EFI Shell [Built-in]
>>           VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9)
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> 5 entries found.
>>
>> (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)
>>
>> The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get
>> the following sequence...
>>
>> PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
>> Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not Found
>>
>> Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
>> Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found
>>
>> Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD
>>
>> My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could
>> be going wrong. All input gratefully received.
>>
>> TIA.
> Update. Running the VALIDATE (option 5) from BOOT_OPTIONS reports the
> following...
>
> Validate EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>    1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl 0,0
>          DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
>          efi$bcfg: Invalid MBR/GPT on Disk.
>
> So the image restore doesn't set the boot sectors correctly??
SOLVED!

You can examine the boot sector by running...

$ sb:==$sys$system:sys$setboot
$ sb -s -f dka800:

and set the boot sector by running the utility without parameters.

One thing to note that after setting the boot sector I had to re-run the
boot_options validate option which magically corrected something in the
EFI settings file.

After that the system booted up!

Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)

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From: news@cct-net.co.uk (Chris Townley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Booting from new disk (rx2660)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:42:41 +0000
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 by: Chris Townley - Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:42 UTC

On 01/02/2024 20:27, Iain Smith wrote:
> Iain Smith wrote:
>> Iain Smith wrote:
>>> Hardware type: HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
>>> Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4
>>>
>>> Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
>>> maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are
>>> of type, HP DG036A9BB6
>>>
>>> Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from
>>> from a DVD boot which went without error.
>>>
>>> I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a
>>> new entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See
>>> the following...
>>>
>>> EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.
>>>
>>> Entry  Description
>>> Options
>>> -----  ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> -------------
>>>     1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
>>> -fl 0,0
>>>           DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
>>>     2   hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
>>> -fl 0,0
>>>           Device not Found
>>>     3   Internal Bootable DVD
>>>           DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
>>>     4   iLO Virtual Media
>>>           Device not Found
>>>     5   Core LAN A
>>>           EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
>>>     6   Core LAN B
>>>           EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
>>>     7   EFI Shell [Built-in]
>>>           VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9)
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> 5 entries found.
>>>
>>> (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)
>>>
>>> The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get
>>> the following sequence...
>>>
>>> PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
>>> Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not
>>> Found
>>>
>>> Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
>>> Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found
>>>
>>> Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD
>>>
>>> My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could
>>> be going wrong. All input gratefully received.
>>>
>>> TIA.
>> Update. Running the VALIDATE (option 5) from BOOT_OPTIONS reports the
>> following...
>>
>> Validate EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl
>> 0,0
>>           DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
>>           efi$bcfg: Invalid MBR/GPT on Disk.
>>
>> So the image restore doesn't set the boot sectors correctly??
> SOLVED!
>
> You can examine the boot sector by running...
>
> $ sb:==$sys$system:sys$setboot
> $ sb -s -f dka800:
>
> and set the boot sector by running the utility without parameters.
>
> One thing to note that after setting the boot sector I had to re-run the
> boot_options validate option which magically corrected something in the
> EFI settings file.
>
> After that the system booted up!

Might have been helpful to say that you were cross posting onto the VSI
forum

--
Chris

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