Specifications
Page 4-2 AM-3000 VME Hardware Installation
If your configuration includes a Tandberg tape drive or other SCSI peripheral, make
sure the bootable hard disk and the peripheral device(s) are attached to the SAME bus.
The configuration will not be functional if the peripheral devices are connected to one
port, and the bootable disk drive is attached to the other port!
4.1.3AM-3000 VME Boot Drive Guidelines
If you are installing a new pre-configured
Roadrunner bootable
SCSI drive along with
the Roadrunner hardware upgrade, you have the following configuration options:
1.You can leave your existing SASI/SCSI-1 drive attached to the CPU SASI
port, but you must change its drive I.D. to 1, 2, or 3 so that the new
Roadrunner boot PROM will not attempt to boot from it.
After the Roadrunner has been installed and the system rebooted, you
must then create a sub-system driver to access your original drive
connected to the CPU SASI port. The new driver must be created with the
FIXLOG program and the SCZDVR.DVR SASI type driver.
Once the SASI sub-system driver has been created (and
saved
) it must be
added to the new Roadrunner’s boot INI under the DEVTBL, BITMAP, and
SYSTEM statements.
After rebooting the system again, you can mount your original hard drive
using the device driver you just created, and copy any or all of your
application software to the new SCSI boot drive.
2.You can attach your existing SCSI-1/SCSI-2 hard drive (and any other
SCSI peripheral devices) to the new Roadrunner’s SCSI port, but you must
still change the drive I.D. to something higher than zero (usually I.D.1) so
that it will not conflict with the new Roadrunner boot drive. And, again after
the initial system bootup you must create a sub-system driver for the
original drive, but this time using the FIXLOG program and the
SCZRR.DVRRoadrunner SCSI port driver.
Once the new sub-system driver is added to the new boot INI and the
system is rebooted, you can access your original drive using the
sub-system driver you just created. Also, any other SCSI peripheral
devices attached to the Roadrunner’s SCSI port can be accessed, if they
are also pre-defined in the new boot INI.
Be sure to use the the /NOD switch when you copy software to the new boot
drive! If you accidentally over-write the new AMOS Operating System software
with your old O/S software, the system will NOT boot on the Roadrunner!
PDI-00172-60, Rev. A02