On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 01:32:46AM +0800, Ronald Liem wrote: > Dear Sir. > > My SGI unable to boot, could you please assist me to solve those problem. > I had no experiences with SGI computer. > > My printenv are: > autoload: yes > console=g > diskless=0 > dbaud=9600 > volume=80 > sgilogo=y > monitor=h > Timezone=PST8PDT > netaddr=08:00:69:10:3f:1b > SystemPartition=pci(0)scsi(1)cdrom(1)rdisk(0) partition(8) > OSLoadPartition=pci(0)scsi(1)cdrom(1)rdisk(0) partition(0) > OSLoadFilename= > OSLoader=sash > gfx=alive > Videostatus=ilegal_env_var > kername=pci(0)scsi(1)cdrom(1)rdisk(0) partition(8)/sash > > > > My Boot error are: > dks1d1s8: Drive not ready: Medium not present > dks1d1s8: Drive is not ready > Unable to execute pci(0)scsi(1)cdrom(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)/sash: media not > loaded > Unable to load pci(0)scsi(1)cdrom(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)/sash: no > recognizable file system on device. > > During diagnostic test, all are passed, except SCSI test, with message are: > Device 3 failed DMA test. > error code =IP32.08.0E.01.04,W1=00000001, W2=00000008 > press enter to continue, then continue to the parallel port internal loopback > test and graphic test, both are passed. > > Is it my system HDD broken?. should I do LFC ?, or must replace the HDD ?. > > Thanks for your kind help me in advanced. > > Best regrads. > Ronald Hi,
it appears you're trying to boot using the IRIX bootloader (sash) off a CDROM drive. Please have a look at the INSTALL.sgi document [1] for instructions on how to setup your ARCBios in order to boot an OpenBSD installation kernel (as I assume that's what you're trying to achive). 1: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
