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Reinstalling ANS from Zulu/BlueSCSI

Posted by: defor on 2026-02-14 23:12:48 I'm trying to figure out how to reinstall my new (problematic-a topic for another thread) ANS500.... It boots fine off the drive that came with it, but it definitely needs a reload. I've setup the structure of my SD card as: Set the keyswitch for service... I've tried IDs 1, and 2 (2 was the ID of the old drive) for the drive with the same result. Term DIP switch on and off, same result. Any suggestions/idea what this means?

Posted by: joevt on 2026-02-15 01:39:34 I've never booted aix before. Dumps of the ROM's Open Firmware assembly and Forth/fcode is at https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/apple-network-server-macos-based-roms-found.4756/post-41404 The load word from the aix-boot package (used when booting :aix) is supposed to set a aix-block0 property in the /chosen node of the Open Firmware device-tree. Maybe this is not happening correctly. The boot device path scsi-int/sd@0:aix specifies SCSI ID 0 from the /bandit/53c825@11 SCSI controller. You said the SCSI id is 1 or 2. Try 0?

Posted by: Big Ben on 2026-02-15 01:58:52 Have you check the iso checksum? Just to be sure there was no corruption

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