External SCSI Drives on DEC2000 AXP

I am trying to format a couple of SCSI drives on the Alpha.? They are connected using the external cable and are mounted in an Open Storage Systems (OSS) box. The drives were working when removed from a PC. SRM shows only one of them coming up as DKA200.? I have set the two drive ID switches to 2 and 3. Lack of info is hampering me, I have gleaned form various sources that the following command should work: which just returns immediately, without doing anything. VMS allows me to ini the disk, but then when I try to mount it, I get an operator services message saying it is offline, please mount volume in _$3$dka200: Anybody with experience here? cheers, Nigel -- Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.johnson at ieee.org