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Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection

From Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apollo
Subject Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection
Date 2012-03-16 18:46 -0700
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So I was wondering if it was even possible to boot an Apollo using an external tape drive connected to the centronics scsi connector on the WD7000 controller? I have a centronics to 50pin cable connected to a Sun 411 case that has an Apollo QIC-11 tape drive in it. I EX CONFIG'ed the machine appropriately for the WD7000. Now is it just a matter of setting the jumpers correctly on the WD7000 controller? When i turn the unit on, the tape drive cycles and chatters like it would if it would be internal, but nothing happens if i try and read a tape, ie LD...

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Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 18:46 -0700
  Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-17 08:28 +0000
    Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-18 18:07 +0100
      Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-18 18:00 +0000
        Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 13:03 -0700
          Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-18 22:12 +0100
            Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 10:13 -0700
              Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-19 19:32 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 13:03 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-19 20:08 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 14:42 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-19 23:28 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-19 17:42 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-20 07:56 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-20 06:11 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-20 20:48 +0100
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 17:02 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 07:23 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-21 20:51 +0100
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 15:04 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 10:24 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-19 17:50 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 12:15 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-20 21:02 +0100
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-22 19:08 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-23 07:17 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-23 05:41 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 22:38 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-24 18:13 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-25 10:14 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-25 06:53 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-23 21:32 +0100
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-23 21:05 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 15:01 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 08:11 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 13:18 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 16:54 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 11:44 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection james@forluna.co.uk - 2012-03-27 13:42 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-27 21:08 +0000
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-03-28 07:10 -0700
                Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-03-24 20:34 +0100
          Re: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-03-18 23:40 +0000

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