[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A - Cannot boot from system disks

[Steve Larkins]

Hi Marc
A member on here uploaded a V6_1 image to the FTP which is complete and
ready to go.
it is located here:
ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9100%20Series/v6_1-Disk_Image.rar

Unzip it and use winimage to write it to your SD card..



On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 17:10, Marc Desfossés <mdesfoss at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to setup a 9100A unit. The initial hard disk was defective. I
> had a "missing hard drive" error message.
>
> I've upgrade the roms to the V5 version and setup a SCSI2SD drive. I was
> able to format the disk with service disk 1.4
>
> Whenever I try to boot from the system disks (tried original disks 4.1,
> images from 6.0 and 6.1), I get an error:
>
>      Error 243 loading /dd/rom/appl
>
> I can skip it but then then I get more errors:
>
>     root: appl missing
>     root: Can't start application
>     Path Name not found
>
> And the unit freezes at Initializing system.
>
> Error 243 is a CRC error based on the documentation. The floppy drive
> seems fine since I can load service disk 1.4. I thought that I did not
> restore the images properly but since I also get the error with original
> 4.1 disks, I am not sure what I can try next.
>
> Did anyone have had a similar problem ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc
>
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