On 8-7-2011 1:01, Mark Benson wrote:
Ahh to hell with that then - I'm not running a Serial Console to a machine with a ATi FireGL card in :P
Unfortunately, you won't be able to take advantage of that particular graphics
adapter under OpenVMS anyway, unless you make it happen (I also happen to have
one of those cards and maybe I'll give that a try some day, to attempt writing
a 'simple' driver, perhaps based on the Linux open source driver).
The 'last' and 'best' card that is available for OpenVMS, which will even do
OpenGL (or "Open3D") is the ATi Radeon 7500. Beware, most Radeon 7500 cards
offered for sale nowadays are of the so-called "Mobility" type and it's often
not mentioned or not very clearly. One of the best ways of identifying one is
the fact that they typically only came with 64 MB memory.
- MG
I _think_ this just means that OPA0: will be allocated to the serial port, not that DECWindows won't run - am I wrong?
So once it's all installed and running, you'll get a X session up on the graphics card - you just can't use it as a VMS OP console..
Sampsa
On 8 Jul 2011, at 00:01, Mark Benson wrote:
On 7 Jul 2011, at 23:47, MG wrote:
For the zx6000/rx2600 there's unfortunately no 'glass terminal' (only the rx2620
has that, since it supports newer firmware).
Ahh to hell with that then - I'm not running a Serial Console to a machine with a ATi FireGL card in :P
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On 7 Jul 2011, at 23:47, MG wrote:
For the zx6000/rx2600 there's unfortunately no 'glass terminal' (only the rx2620
has that, since it supports newer firmware).
Ahh to hell with that then - I'm not running a Serial Console to a machine with a ATi FireGL card in :P
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On 7 Jul 2011, at 23:49, MG wrote:
That would be the "M-cable", it's a splitter/break-out cable. It's only available for
systems with the iLO/MP card present. That should be no problem though, there
is still the serial port that should work as well.
That's what I was trying to say :)
So it's even simpler - just plug another box into the serial port with a null modem cable..
Sampsa
On 8-7-2011 0:44, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Don't know much about the EFI options but do you have a console cable for it? Just boot it plugged into another box via the console serial port.
At least on my RX2600 it's a big weird DB connector joined to a cable that has like 3 DB9 serial connectors hanging off of it.
Sampsa
That would be the "M-cable", it's a splitter/break-out cable. It's only available for
systems with the iLO/MP card present. That should be no problem though, there
is still the serial port that should work as well.
- MG
On 8-7-2011 0:15, Mark Benson wrote:
Well I got my new disks today so I decided to throw VMS at my zx6000. No go.
Boots okay from DVD-ROM but barfs instantly reporting:
Unable to identify primary console device
You must select a console input device from the boot manager menu
I have checked and the USB port is selected as the Console Input Device. The keyboard works fine. I don't understand... :(
For the zx6000/rx2600 there's unfortunately no 'glass terminal' (only the rx2620
has that, since it supports newer firmware). That means you can't actually see
what's going on via your monitor, as if it were a 'graphics terminal' (in SRM
terms). So, you'll have to connect to it through the iLO/MP (if present, I'm
not sure if these were available for the zx6000) or else simply the serial port.
- MG
Don't know much about the EFI options but do you have a console cable for it? Just boot it plugged into another box via the console serial port.
At least on my RX2600 it's a big weird DB connector joined to a cable that has like 3 DB9 serial connectors hanging off of it.
Sampsa
On 7 Jul 2011, at 23:15, Mark Benson wrote:
Well I got my new disks today so I decided to throw VMS at my zx6000. No go.
Boots okay from DVD-ROM but barfs instantly reporting:
Unable to identify primary console device
You must select a console input device from the boot manager menu
I have checked and the USB port is selected as the Console Input Device. The keyboard works fine. I don't understand... :(
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Well I got my new disks today so I decided to throw VMS at my zx6000. No go.
Boots okay from DVD-ROM but barfs instantly reporting:
Unable to identify primary console device
You must select a console input device from the boot manager menu
I have checked and the USB port is selected as the Console Input Device. The keyboard works fine. I don't understand... :(
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I have 2 of those AB421A HP disks next to me at work. They are indeed brand new, never opened and the 2 I have are dated as February 2008 so they aren't even all that old! The one I opened to look at is a Seagate ST373455LC. Quoted acoustic noise level is 3.6 Bels (36dB?) which is pretty famed good for a 15krpm drive.
At 60 GBP a pop if these are quiet enough I might grab 2 more. They are half the retail price if a new ST373455LC and you could probably resell the carriers on eBay at a tenner a go if you don't need them :P
Link is in my previous e-mail.
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I'm a contractor right now and waiting for some work to kick off in September, so trying to make my buffer last as long as possible.
Otherwise I'd have just bought it :)
Also, might be moving to Lebanon so not much point buying crazy servers in the UK...
Sampsa
On 7 Jul 2011, at 10:42, Mark Wickens wrote:
On 07/07/11 10:32, Mark Benson wrote:
On 7 Jul 2011, at 09:04, Mark Wickens<mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350475648545&ssPageNam…
Fully loaded RX4640 up for GBP 640, that would put a dent in your electricity bill.
Always amazed me that these came with only two drives built in, given the size of the case!
Mark.
Have a look at his Shop - he's got a DS20E on there too :)
Yes, one of those would be nice. Unfortunately, gone are the contractor days when I'd just have bought it.
Mark.
