43p Boot Problem - Cannot boot off CD-Rom

[franksoprano]

My friend has a 43p and it is currently running Aix 4.1.5 (older then dirt) however when the sytem is up he can utilize full functionality of his CD-ROM and the Floppy. However when he tries to boot off of the CD-ROM it does not read the cd that he is trying to boot off of which is a IBM OEM Disk #1 of the 4.3.3 cd set.. He cannot get into SMS because he does not have a SMS disk. We followed a procedure from IBM to update the firmware level and also create SMS disk. it updated the firmware level successfully and still cannot boot off of the cd-rom or access the SMS off of the floppy. Neither changing the bootlist or interrupting the boot process worked....

Any soulutions to this problem? I cant seem to think of anything. Any suggestions welcome..

Thanks!

Frnak Soprano

 

[gwichman]

does it even try to boot off the cdrom? i.e. does the light blink like it's trying?

 

[franksoprano]

yes it definately trys to read the cd-rom, the light flashes and i can hear it spinning.. After about 30 - 45 seconds of flashing and spinning the system just reboots itself. I know the cd-rom is working because when the system is up I can read/browse cd's with no problem. I have also even tried attaching a external CD-ROM and that did not yeild a positive result.

 

[madmurdock]

From your description I guess we talk about model 7248 WITHOUT a 3-digit display? Could help, I you press the F4-button for graphical displays or 4 for ASCII Terminal to get into the standard bootlist. Press it after the first "BEEP".

Regards

mad

 

[franksoprano]

Thats correct model 7248 with no lcd