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psergiu
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
and authored 118 notes
Wrote on the subject of What we* do for a living... at Feb. 5, 2003, 5:25 a.m...
I am an Sr Unix SysAdm at the biggest GSM Mobile Operator in Romania (Eastern Europe) .
I manage HP/UX and Linux systems (we don't have any SGI hardware at all ) - and the job is great - mostly because the job requirements did not stated that windows knowledge is required - and i become winbloze free for the last 3.5 years i worked here :)

I got my first SGI 2 months ago from a guy from an 3d animation studio who gave me for free ("you have to haul them downstairs 6 stories with no elevator" - kind of free :) ) 2 I2s and one 20" sgi monitor. I kept the one with the violet case and gave the teal one to a friend. Turns out that both were R4K 200 with Extreme gfx, but mine had the case "upgraded" :)
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psergiu
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
and authored 117 notes
Wrote on the subject of Creating Tardists at Feb. 18, 2003, 10:47 a.m...
ian wrote:
Shtoink wrote:
/me needs to figure out how to get ahold of 6.5.19f some how... :cry:

why do you want a feature release? it only contains unsupported software for sgi customers who want to live dangerously ;)


Also take note that this is 6. 5 .19 - and as we all linux users know - this is the unstable version. Better stick with 6.4 :twisted:
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Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 7:43 a.m.
and authored 117 notes
Wrote on the subject of name your SGI? at April 23, 2003, 9:23 a.m...
I2 r4k: fifi
athlon/debian: mcs
dual celeron/debian: sonic
p166/obsd: lotek
laptop/debian: cdc
486sx/opendos: fx
mac LC485: lc3

Don't ask why :)
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psergiu
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
and authored 118 notes
Wrote on the subject of mips3 pledge at March 22, 2004, 4:34 a.m...
A big hello to all you almighty people who are giving us the software for our beloved SGI computers.

I have a pledge - if it's not a hassle can you please also make mips3 versions for the binaries you make available ? There are a few people around with only access to R4k machines and no chance of upgrading to somthing better. And not everyone can compile his sources.

At least - please [Neko] - specify in the download section as a comment or in the archive name - mips4 only. It SUCKS to download the whole Mozilla package over a slow 'net connection only to be greeted with an: "mozilla-bin: architecture not supported" :(

Thank you for your time and keep up the good work !
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psergiu
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
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Wrote on the subject of mips3 pledge at March 23, 2004, 12:22 p.m...
lisp wrote:
... so anything MIPS3 is obviously going to be completely overwhelmed.

There was a old russian saying in the lines of:
When you don't have raspberries, you drink tea from its leaves and say that it's good
My R4400/200Mhz tea is good :)

I am willing to help - but I have only gcc and little experience beyond "./compile && make && make install"
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psergiu
From DFW, TX, US
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Blender 2.33 is here !!! at May 1, 2004, 2:41 p.m...
Get your Blender 2.33 from:
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender.31.0.html
... and Yafray render engine:
http://download.blender.org/release/yafray.0.0.6/

Release-info:
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_2_33.66.0.html

The Game Engine is back !!!
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at March 14, 2006, 10:39 a.m...
Hi all !

I got from the flea market an BULL DPX/20 100 pizza-box. Googling for it i discovered that is really an IBM RS/6000 with MicroChannel architecture, model 7011-250. Cpu PowerPC 601 66Mhz (max 80), 16Mb of ram (max 256Mb), narrow scsi (1Gb disk installed), max AIX supported is 5.1.

It has no video card so i connected a console to Serial1 and it starts, it flashes numbers on the lcd panel and it boots some version of AIX (it doesn't say which), it fscks, it starts all daemons'n'stuff and that's it - it wasn't set to ask for a login on the either serial ports :(

I cannot even think to add some generic PC videocard as it has only 2 MCA slots and a funky video mezanine connector. No ISA, no PCI.

Does anyone has any experience with MCA RS/6000 boxes and can tell me what to do from here ? On the IBM site all info about the 7011 series has vanished except a 32USD Service Manual in the store.

Thank you very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at March 19, 2006, 10:10 a.m...
Sorry for the delayed answer.

pipeline: Surely I will try to upgrade the ram as i want to install 5.1. 16Mb is far too little :)

I have the key, i tried booting with the key in service mode, the little led display stopped at 200 (i think) and there was no output on the serial console. I will try-it again as i might have had an incorrect speed set for the console at that time (19200 8n1 works)

wolflord: No video at all, the slot on the back has a blanking plate, the card is missing (from the differences in the thickness of the dust inside it looks like there originally was a video card but it was removed some time ago).

There is no ouptut on the serial console while the numbers are showing on the led display. When the led display clears, the kernel seems to be already loaded and the startup scripts run. I'll try pressing some keys :)

Thank you all very much. I'll keep you posted on what i succeed.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at July 1, 2006, 2:10 p.m...
The 7011 saga continues
I put inside 4 additional 64Mb simms from an i2
I connected an external SCSI Pioneer 4x cdrom (SCSI ID 4, 512b/sect)
Inserted CD labaled "LCD4_1061_01 Volume1"
Connected an 19200 8n1 serial console to S1
Moved the key to service mode & power on
Lo & Behold, the system boots directly into diagnostics which i run and everything seems OK except the simms from the I2 which are not detected.
Moving the key to Normal, the system boots from the HDD.
I have 5 CDs which are suposed to be the AIX 5.1 Kit:

CD Volume label (marker scribbles on the cd):

LCD4_1061_05_VOLUME1 (1451 1)
LCD4_1061_05_VOLUME2 (1521 2)
LCD4_1061_05_VOLUME3 (1526 3)
LCD4_1061_05_VOLUME4 (1533 4)
LCD4_1061_05_VOLUME5 (1538 5)

- Are those the right cds ?
- Which one is the install cd ? (CD2 does not seem bootable at all)
- How can i start the installation ? (i know it won't work with 16Mb of ram, i just want to see it trying to boot)
- Any SIMM reccomendations ?
- Any 7011 Manual ? (on the IBM's site the history starts with 7012)

Thank you all very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at July 4, 2006, 2:24 p.m...
DraconianTimes: Thank you very much - a very useful document - it covers my machine also;
yarrumevets: Thank you for the cdrom info ... Unfortunatelly all my scsi cdroms seem to exhibit this "boot to maintenance menu" (alltrough they are all sgi-happy) ... i'll try some others.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Bye-bye O350, O3900, Fuel and Tezro... at July 6, 2006, 10:17 a.m...
I am now officialy sad :cry:
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Bye-bye O350, O3900, Fuel and Tezro... at July 10, 2006, 11:56 p.m...
josehill wrote:
yetanother**ixuser wrote: hmmm....not so bad, since my learning curve will drop cause only solaris, aix and of course linux are left for production use.
Hey, there's still HP-UX! :wink:

HP/UX on Titanicum is a sorry hack and the PA-RISC cpus are killed as we speak. :x
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of XO slot link failure at March 22, 2007, 2:06 p.m...
While trying to re-bring to life my two EMXI+ESI octanes one of the ESI cards makes them to "spit" this error:

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XIO Slot link Failure
XIO Device 11

if the card is in slot B
and

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XIO Slot link Failure
XIO Device 9

if the card is in slot C

It works ok with the ESI card from the other Octane in either slot. The "broken" ESI worked ok last year :( Is my ESI dead or dead ? If it's dead what can i use instead of a XIO slot filler ?

Thank you very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of FS: Octane r12k/300 EMXI in Bucharest/Romania at April 13, 2007, 10:25 p.m...
Sgi Octane

Green Skins w/ cube logo (lightly scratched)
1* r12k 300Mhz 2Mb cache
"newer" cpu board supporting 8Gb ram
1.25 Gb ram (4*256 + 2*128)
1* 36Gb 15krpm HDD on a tray
EMXI with both texture modules
Xbow 1.3 & Cherokee PSU

extra:
Dark gray SGI keyboard
Wacom Graphire ET-0405-R serial tablet
Broken ESI video card
2 * 128Mb flaky DSIMMs

Missing one XIO slot cover & one drive bay cover. Lightbar bulbs not working.

PM me for OS/SW details

250 EUR.

Local pickup only form Bucharest/Romania :(

# hinv -vm

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Location: /hw/node
PM10300MHZ Board: barcode HLX470     part 030-1355-001 rev  J
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
IP30 Board: barcode JEX884     part 030-1467-001 rev  B
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE9110605 part 060-0035-001 rev  C
FP1 Board: barcode JBW861     part 030-0891-003 rev  E
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/12
MOT20 Board: barcode HPC028     part 030-1240-003 rev  E
1 300 MHZ IP30 Processor
Heart ASIC: Revision F
CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.3
FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 1280 Mbytes
Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.3
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
IOC3 serial port: tty1
IOC3 serial port: tty2
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: EMXI
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 3) pci slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4215, device 4128) pci slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 4265, device 5) pci slot 3


# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo

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Graphics board 0 is "IMPACTSR" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1600x1200
Product ID 0x3, 2 GEs, 2 REs, 4 TRAMs
MGRAS revision 4, RA revision 0
HQ rev B, GE12 rev A, RE4 rev C, PP1 rev H,
VC3 rev A, CMAP rev E, Heart rev F
unknown, assuming 19" monitor (id 0xf)


>> system

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IP30 system:
CPU speed ~300Mhz
Cache speed divisor 1.5
SysAD speed divisor 3
4 outstanding read(s)
R12K Revision: 2.3
Password jumper on
Number of XIO fan loads 2 (2,env=unset)
Chips/NICs:
heart(rev F):
Part: 030-1355-001  Name: PM10300MHZ  Serial: HLX470
Revision: J  Group: ff  Capability: ffffffff
Variety: ff  Laser: 00000031ee57
xbow(rev 1.3):
bridge(rev D):
Part: 030-1467-001  Name: IP30  Serial: JEX884
Revision: B  Group: ff  Capability: ffffffff
Variety: ff  Laser: 00000029d080
ioc3(rev 1): eaddr 08:00:69:12:4c:8e
Part: 060-0035-001  Name: PWR.SPPLY.ER  Serial: AAE9110605
Revision: C  Group: ff  Capability: ffffffff
Variety: ff  Laser: 000000316904
Part: 030-0891-003  Name: FP1  Serial: JBW861
Revision: E  Group: ff  Capability: ffffffff
Variety: ff  Laser: 0000002fc8a6
xtalk 0xc HQ4:
Part: 030-1240-003  Name: MOT20  Serial: HPC028
Revision: E  Group: ff  Capability: ffffffff
Variety: ff  Laser: 0000002fe411
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psergiu
From DFW, TX, US
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tadpole/RDI UltraBookIIi Questions at May 11, 2007, 1:50 p.m...
A warm hello to all the Sun-ers on Nekochan.

I recently aquired one complete Tadpole/RDI UltraBook IIi (400Mhz, 512Mb ram, 1*12 Gb hdd, ATI video, battery) and one incomplete UltraBook (166Mhz, functional but no ram, hdd, battery & power brick) to be used for spare parts for the IIi ...

After some struggle with the Solaris 10 installation (as only the 3/05 Solaris 10 images are compatible with the boot image from tadpole's site) i finaly managed to have a portable Sparc machine :)

As i saw that there are other UltraBook owners here on Nekochan, i want to ask you some questions (for which i did not find answers using google):

- I have an Accurite Travel Floppy 144 without any power brick. I connected the floppy to the UltraBook but i didn't find any device associated with it. Do i need some special voodoo to enable it ? Do i need a power brick for it ? (if so, can anyone tell me the req voltage and connector polarity ?)

- Does anyone know of other PCMCIA cards usable under Solaris 10 other than the ones listed on tadpole's site ?

- Do you know from where i can source some more HDD caddys for the UltraBook ? I would very much like to have separate hdds installed with every Solaris version. Are the caddys or the connectors compatible with some other PC laptops ?

- How do you protect your case from scratches ?

And some Solaris N00B questions (RTFM answers ok as long as you provide a link :) ):

- I tried installing the latest 10_Recommended patches and ALL refused to install with various error codes. Is there any trick on installing the patch cluster on Solaris 10 3/05 ?

- Did anyone succesfuly updated the Solaris 10 on their UltraBook to 11/06 ? How ? In my tries, i managed to install a botched 11/06 (with the 3/05 Tadpole boot cd and a lot of manual intervention). Except from some driver errors at boot it worked ok until i installed the latest patch cluster. Which FUBARed a ton of drivers including some Tadpole OEM ones :(

- I know my HP/UX, my Linux & my IRIX ... but i am a Solaris novice. Any links from where i can get some info on Solaris 10 and it's particularities ? (the latest Solarises worked with were 1.1 and 2.5.1 back in their day)

Thank you all very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Evo card seems to be not recognized at May 30, 2007, 1:29 p.m...
Help !

One of my friends bought an Octane Personal Video card for his octane2. He installed the card, installed succesfuly the evo software as described in this thread but there is no /hw/evo & /dev/evo and videod won't start :(

Please help us we ran out of ideeas

hinv -vm

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# hinv -vm
Location: /hw/node
PM20600MHZ Board: barcode NEX202     part 030-1778-001 rev  C
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15
IP30 Board: barcode MEK341     part 030-1467-001 rev  D
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2
PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE0460471 part 060-0035-002 rev  A
FP1 Board: barcode LMW346     part 030-0891-003 rev  H
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/12
MOT20 Board: barcode HAS621     part 030-1240-003 rev  D
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/11
EVO Board: barcode GSN231     part 030-1156-003 rev  A
Location: /hw/node/xtalk/9
MOT10 Board: barcode GLZ258     part 030-1241-002 rev  G
2 600 MHZ IP30 Processors
Heart ASIC: Revision F
CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.4
FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 8192 Mbytes
Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 3)
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: ESSI
Graphics board: ESI
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 3


gfxinfo

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Graphics board 0 is "IMPACTSR" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
Product ID 0x3, 2 GEs, 2 REs, 0 TRAMs
MGRAS revision 4, RA revision 0
HQ rev B, GE12 rev A, RE4 rev C, PP1 rev H,
VC3 rev A, CMAP rev E, Heart rev F
unknown, assuming 19" monitor (id 0xf)
Video board present

Channel 0:
Origin = (0,0)
Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 60.00Hz (1280x1024_60)
Graphics board 1 is "IMPACTSR" graphics.
Managed (":0.1") 1280x1024
Product ID 0x2, 1 GE, 1 RE, 0 TRAMs
MGRAS revision 4, RA revision 0
HQ rev B, GE12 rev A, RE4 rev C, PP1 rev G,
VC3 rev A, CMAP rev E, Heart rev F
unknown, assuming 19" monitor (id 0xf)

Channel 0:
Origin = (0,0)
Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 60.00Hz (1280x1024_60)


ls /var/sysgen/system

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audio.sm   dms.sm     gfx.sm     isdn.sm    srv.sm
cosmo2.sm  evo.sm     irix.sm    midi.sm


versions | grep -i evo

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I  evo                  05/30/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Execution Environment, 6.5.30
I  evo.books            05/08/2007  IRIS InSight Books, 6.5
I  evo.books.OctPersVid_PG  05/08/2007  Octane Personal Video Programmer's GuideI  evo.man              05/30/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Documentation
I  evo.man.pages        05/30/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Manual Pages
I  evo.man.relnotes     05/08/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Release Notes
I  evo.sw               05/15/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Software
I  evo.sw.diags         05/15/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Diagnostic Software
I  evo.sw.eoe           05/08/2007  OCTANE Personal Video Execution Software


uname -Ra

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IRIX64 iris1 6.5 6.5.30f 07202013 IP30


Thank you very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Evo card seems to be not recognized at June 7, 2007, 1:26 p.m...
Both are already installed and still doesn't work :(

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# versions | grep -e impactdm -e dmedia_eoe
I  dmedia_eoe           04/11/2007  Digital Media Execution Environment, 6.5.30
I  dmedia_eoe.books     04/10/2007  Digital Media Books
I  dmedia_eoe.books.FXbuilder_Help  04/10/2007  FXBuilder Help
I  dmedia_eoe.books.MediaTls_UG  04/10/2007  Media Tools User's Guide, Help and Book
I  dmedia_eoe.books.SynthEditor_UG  04/10/2007  Using Synthesizer Editor
I  dmedia_eoe.data      04/11/2007  Digital Media Data Files
I  dmedia_eoe.data.moremovies  04/10/2007  More Sample Movie Files
I  dmedia_eoe.data.movies  04/11/2007  Sample Movie Files
I  dmedia_eoe.data.music  04/10/2007  Sample Standard MIDI Files
I  dmedia_eoe.data.prosonus  04/10/2007  Prosonus Sound Library
I  dmedia_eoe.data.soundscheme  04/11/2007  Desktop Sound Files
I  dmedia_eoe.data.synth  04/10/2007  MIDI Synthesizer Data Files
I  dmedia_eoe.man       04/10/2007  Digital Media Documentation
I  dmedia_eoe.man.pages 04/10/2007  Digital Media Manual Pages
I  dmedia_eoe.man.relnotes  04/10/2007  Digital Media Release Notes
I  dmedia_eoe.sw        04/10/2007  Digital Media Software
I  dmedia_eoe.sw.audio  04/10/2007  Audio System Components
I  dmedia_eoe.sw.base   04/10/2007  Digital Media System Components
I  dmedia_eoe.sw.lib    04/10/2007  Digital Media Execution Libraries
I  dmedia_eoe.sw.plugins  04/10/2007  Digital Media Plug-ins
I  dmedia_eoe.sw.synth  04/10/2007  MIDI Synthesizer
I  dmedia_eoe.sw.tools  04/10/2007  Digital Media Tools
I  dmedia_eoe.sw64      04/10/2007  Digital Media 64-bit Software
I  dmedia_eoe.sw64.lib  04/10/2007  Digital Media 64-bit Execution Libraries
I  impactdm             05/15/2007  IMPACT Digital Media Base Execution Environment, 6.5.30
I  impactdm.man         05/15/2007  IMPACT Digital Media Base Documentation
I  impactdm.man.relnotes  05/15/2007  IMPACT Digital Media Base Release Notes
I  impactdm.sw          05/15/2007  IMPACT Digital Media Base Software
I  impactdm.sw.eoe      05/15/2007  IMPACT Digital Media Base Execution Software


SYSLOG says:

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Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]: Unable to open device /dev/evo for evo.
Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]: impactBind: can't open /dev/mgv: No such file or directory
Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]: can't open /dev/mgv: No such file or directory
Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]: impactBind: Unable to add device impact (0)
Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]:  Fatal server error:
Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]: no devices found
Jun  7 13:19:01 3D:iris1 videod[1535]:
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at June 17, 2007, 8:13 a.m...
Hello all ! Thank you all very much for your replies.

I finally managed to:
- get an USB-Serial adapter 100% supported by OSX (connected though an old 25-9 adapter from a serial mouse)
- upgrade the ram from 16 to 64 Mb (found a bag of IBM 8Mb parity SIMMs at a flea market)
- find a SCSI cdrom willing to boot (Plextor UltraPlex 40max)
- replace the original 1Gb disk with a 2Gb one (will be replaced with a larger one later)
- boot from the CD (key in service mode)

I installed AIX 5.1 (minimal install), the installation progress reaches 96%, (Creating boot image.) it reboots from the hdisk0, but instead of the Installation Assistant menu i get:

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AIX Version 5

(C) Copyrights by IBM and by others 1982, 2000.

Console login:

if i try to login as root it will dump me straight back to the login: prompt - no password asked.
after typing furiously root i maganed to make him spit out something like:

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Console login: root
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                                                                             *
*  Welcome to AIX Version 5.1!                                                *
*                                                                             *
*                                                                             *
*  Please see the README file in /usr/lpp/bos for information pertinent to    *
*  this release of the AIX Operating System.                                  *
*                                                                             *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************
Last login: Sun Jun 17 02:36:49 CDT 2007 on /dev/tty0

#

AIX Version 5

(C) Copyrights by IBM and by others 1982, 2000.

Console login:

... it gave me the # prompt for about 1/2 of a second then back to login: :x

I booted then to Maintenace -> Access a Root Volume Group -> #
passwd -> changed the password -> no luck
install_assist -> Accepted all the licences, changed the root password & timezone -> i still get the dreaded useless login:

Help :cry: AIX hates me :( And as AIX 5.1 is the only one i could find ...

Thank you !
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
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Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at June 17, 2007, 2:47 p.m...
Thank you - I found a on-line copy HERE . I will read-it end-to-end :)
Unfortunatelly google does not seems to be able to find the "AIX 5.1 Release Notes" so i can get an ideea of the disk space requirements. I will try to install on a larger hard-drive (4 or 9Gb) in a few days and i'll tell you if this helps :) .
As the 7011 will refuse to accept anything except IBM 72 pin simms (i tried with HP, SGI & Cisco ones with no luck) i'm stuck with 64Mb :( (the site yarrumevets pointed out does not have 7011 compatible ram and does not ship here in Elbonia :) )

Thank you all very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
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Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at June 17, 2007, 9:53 p.m...
24677 * 4096 = I'll have to intensify my search for AIX 4.3 :)
psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of IBM RS/6000 - 7011-250 - Help me tame this beast :) at June 18, 2007, 2:46 p.m...
As a final test I fitted a 9Gb 10krpm SCA drive + adapter in the 7011, installed the "default" 5.1, booted Maintenance -> Access root vg and:
- commented out useless things in inittab;
- created an 128Mb paging lv and added a swapon command for it in /sbin/rc.boot after swapon /dev/hd6 .

the result - to remain here for posterity and google - is:

AIX 5.1 doesn't work with 64Mb of RAM. Don't try it. I tried it for you and it doesn't. :mrgreen:

Thank you very much.
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Help in installing System7 on Ye Olde Macintosh at Oct. 24, 2009, 1:34 p.m...
If you have a network adapter on the old mac, you can do as follows:
- somewhere on the internet there is a bootable floppy image named "network access disk" with os 7 on it and lothsa eth drivers. Find-it and dd-it onto a floppy.
- on a linux machine on the network insmod the appletalk kernel driver, install netatalk and configure a public share. Copy the 7.5 images you downloqded from apple there
- boot the mac with the floppy. Switch localtalk from the serial port to the eth. Mount that share from the chooser. Doubleclick the 1st disk image and it will mount the install kit. Use that formatting utility ( HD SC or something ) to partition (max 2gb per partition ) format the disk and install drivers. Then install os7
- boot from the hd

ps: you might need a 3rd party formatting utility as the apple one requires apple branded drives. Install-it on that share
ps2: if you don't have a eth card, you can network with another ancient mac running os7-9 using a serial cable.
psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of AirPort error -3278 inder OS 9 at Oct. 25, 2009, 10:21 a.m...
What is the version of your installed Airport sofware ?

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26903
psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of HP 9000/8x7 (F,G,H,I-class) memory/CPU/FPU at Oct. 25, 2009, 6:11 p.m...
Hello all,

If by any luck you have stashed somewhere some memory for a HP F20 PA-RISC machine - i want it

Those memory modules are compatible for all the HP 9000 Series 800 Nova Servers Family:

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System            Model number
F10               HP 9000/807
F20, H20          HP 9000/817, HP 9000/827
F30, G30/H30, I30 HP 9000/837, HP 9000/847, HP 9000/857
G40/H40, I40      HP 9000/867, HP 9000/877
G50/H50, I50      HP 9000/887, HP 9000/897
G60/H60, I60      HP 9000/887, HP 9000/897
G70/H70, I70      HP 9000/887, HP 9000/897

Original HP Part-numbers for the 8x7 memory modules:

16 MB - A2231A
32 MB - A2232A
64 MB - A2511A
128 MB - A2516A

My poor server has now only 32 Mb or ram (2x16) and it took a whole day just to install a minimal HP-UX 11.0 (~8Mb of free RAM after booting the default kernel) so any extra megabyte is good.

I also would not mind a more powerful CPU board or a FPU if you have one lying around.

Please bear in mind that i am located in Romania, Eastern Europe so a local pick-up is kinda' hard for me to do :)

Thanks a lot!
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of HP 9000/8x7 (F,G,H,I-class) memory/CPU/FPU at Oct. 26, 2009, 2:41 a.m...
Mine has a 48Mhz with 64/64KB L1 cache w/o FPU. A x30 board will work for sure and maybe a x40 (PA-7000 64Mhz).

I actually had an x50 CPU board a few years before i got this machine but i gave-it away :(
psergiu
From Bucharest, RO, EU
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Wrote on the subject of SGI Indy R4600 100Mhz, 192Mb, 36 Gb. Bucharest, Romania at July 10, 2012, 1:15 p.m...
My last SGI :(
More than 2 years have passed and i didn't had time to power-it on so i'm selling-it and i hope that whoever gets it will have fun with it.

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micu:~# hinv -vm
CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 1.0
FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor
Main memory size: 192 Mbytes
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Graphics board: Indy 8-bit
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
Vino video: unit 0, revision 0

micu:~# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
Graphics board 0 is "NG1" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
8 bitplanes, NG1 revision 3, REX3 revision B, VC2 revision A
MC revision C, xmap9 revision A, cmap revision C, bt445 revision A
Display 1280x1024 @ 72Hz, monitor id 15


36Gb HDD
VINO module is toast
Original front plastic buttons are missing
RTC battery might be on its last legs (i can try adding a external one if you want)
Sony PSU with fan power mod

Extra:
- DIN8-DB6 serial adapter
- 13w3-VGA adapter
- About 25 jewel and cardboard CD cases with original booklets (SGI, HotMix, IndyZone. It's not allowed to sell software here, so i won't list the actual CD's, just the cases)

Price: 100 Romanian LEI or 25 EUR.

Location: Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe.
I preffer local pickup.
Reply or PM for details.
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psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of PayPal Donation Link Added (plugin requires Prosilver theme) at June 14, 2016, 10:04 p.m...
Subscribed to topic so i get informed when donations open again.
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psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of Home AIX Lab Server at June 21, 2016, 12:56 p.m...
YAY ! Got the p520 from ebay !

Thanks for the parts reference. Is the compatibility strictly enforced by the firmware ? For example - will 53P3232 2GB ram sticks - which are listed as p570 parts - work in my p520 ? They have the same specs (type & speed).
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psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of Home AIX Lab Server at June 21, 2016, 3:54 p.m...
Sorry. 9111-520
The parts reference page lists only those as compatible:


CCIN - description - part number
==========================================
309B - 256 MB DDR1 memory DIMM, 266 MHz - 12R9283, 53P3222
30AC - 4 GB DDR1 memory DIMM, 266 MHz - 12R9276, 16R0711
30D2 - 512 MB DDR1 memory DIMM, 266 MHz - 12R9238, 00P5767
30D3 - 1 GB DDR1 memory DIMM, 266 MHz - 12R8614, 00P5769
30D5 - 2 GB DDR1 memory DIMM, 266 MHz - 12R9257, 00P5773

Thanks.
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psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of Home AIX Lab Server at June 22, 2016, 1:16 a.m...
Yay !
Now - are those disk trays good ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/282061395980
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272084758372

They have a SCA80 connector for the HDD. Are those standard or there are multiple incompatible types of SCSI trays ?
Thanks.
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psergiu
From DFW, TX, US
Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Home AIX Lab Server at June 22, 2016, 7:44 a.m...
My Power5 9111-520 is supposed to have:
"Disk backplane (DB) 80P4611"
Which is a SCSI u320 4 disk backplane

If i want to add another 4 disk backplane, do i need an extra scsi card + cable ? And what's the difference between the normal and Mirroring disk backplanes ?

Do you know any "magic IBM codes" ;) that could use to search eBay for interposer boards ?

Thanks a lot.
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psergiu
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Wrote on the subject of Home AIX Lab Server at June 25, 2016, 10:34 p.m...
Oh yeah 8-)

HSCL100C The PowerVM Standard Edition activation code has been accepted by the managed system. Multiple logical partitions, Micro-Partitioning, and Virtual I/O Server capabilities have been enabled.

Strange thing is that the CoD IBM page shows 2 VET codes for my server, but the HMC (long live VirtualBox) accepted only one of them.

Question - With VIOS & LPARs - if i want to play with HACMP, can i "share" a single virtual disk to two LPARs using VIOS or do i need to have an external SCSI disk connected to two SCSI ports ?
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psergiu
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Who joined Jan. 23, 2003, 6:43 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of Home AIX Lab Server at July 1, 2016, 12:37 p.m...
Dearest AIX gurus.

I have the latest version of HMCv7 running (v8 no longer supports p5 machines)
I have the latest firmware loaded on the 520
I have VIOS install media: v2.1 and latest v2.2
I have AIX install media 5.3, 6.1 & 7.1
Added a new DASD backplane, i have 4 HDDs (2 on each scsi bus)
16 Gb of RAM, full of extra PCI cards
Network ports cabled, HMC connected, virtualization license added.

What the heck do i do now ? :)

I tried to install VIOs but it did not let me select the HDDs to use - so i had to give the LPAR access to all the hardware (that checkbox).
Then tried to add a AIX lpar but it refuses to start.
What the hell is a service partition, why do i need it and why i cannot delete-it ?
How do i change stuff on a LPAR (ram, CPUs) from the HMC GUI without removing it and re-adding it ?
How do i get root shell access to VIOs and HMC ?

I don't ming being told to RTFM as long as a link to TFM is provided. :)

Thanks a lot