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

[Marc Desfossés]

Hi,

Can someone direct me to a working unserialized version of 6.1 ?

So far, I tried these three image sets and used Samdisk 3.8.11 to copy them on a floppy.  They all gave me the same error during installation.

ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9100%20Series/System_DiscsRV6.1_VerifiedOK/
https://github.com/ieure/fluke-9100-disk-archive/tree/master/9100-SYSTEM-V6.1__01-OG
https://github.com/ieure/fluke-9100-disk-archive/tree/master/9100-SYSTEM-V6.0__01-MG

Thanks !

Marc

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De : John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com>
Envoyé : 16 mars 2020 12:02
À : Marc Desfossés <mdesfoss at hotmail.com>
Objet : Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A - Cannot boot from system disks

On 2020/03/16 8:59 a.m., Marc Desfossés wrote:
> Thank Steve. I did that yesterday and the machine works fine. Just not sure what is going on with the disk/image.
>
> I will try with a Gotek to see if the drive is the problem.
>
> Marc

Most disc images are serialized - they are specific to the machine and
can't work on others! I should probably pull them, but someone might be
interested in defeating that bit.

The 6_1 that is up has had the serial number test disabled (as I recall)...

John :-#)#

> ________________________________
> De : Techtoolslist <techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com> de la part de Steve Larkins <steve at ukaudiovisual.co.uk>
> Envoyé : 16 mars 2020 11:50
> À : Technical Tools Mail List <techtoolslist at flippers.com>
> Objet : Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A - Cannot boot from system disks
>
> 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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