28 Jul
2003
28 Jul
'03
7:16 a.m.
Curt,
Perhaps you've already received the assistance you need (I've been gone all
weekend), but - depending on the version of VMS you have (I don't remember which
version dropped "compatibility mode") - VMS doesn't much like to mount
non-RMS file systems, except as "foreign", which you said you tried. Is there
data on that disk you need? If not, why not use the command
$ init DLA3: RLDATA
If it fails that, then I'd suspect a driver mis-match.
Dale
From: cvendel(a)att.net
Date: 2003/07/26 Sat PM 09:21:33 EDT
To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RL02 Assistance...
Hi,
I've got an RL02 connected to my Vax 4000-200 through an RLV12 QBus
controller.
The Drive is spinning up fine and the Ready light is Lit, the Fault light
goes off once power to the Vax is started and doing a SHO DEV at the Chevron
prompt and within OpenVMS both show:
RLV12 Controller 0 (774400)
-DLA3 (RL02)
Which looks great from my perspective, the drive ID plug is a 3, so DLA3 makes
total sense. In the SHO DEV within OpenVMS does display the drive as being
online.
So my problem is with MOUNT, everytime I go to mount the drive the system
simply hangs and never seems to complete the mount, I end up having to CTRL-
BREAK to Halt the system back to Chevron and b up again from my DSSI DIA0:
Anyone have any idea's what I'm doing wrong or what may be wrong???
I've tried with a /FOREIGN too since this platters are from an 11/730 and many
of the handwritten labels on the disk paks say RSTS on them, so I wasn't sure
if it was a format issue or something, I could really use some help/advice from
anyone with a lot of experience with the quirks of the RL's.
Thanks much,
PS: If anyone has an RK05 or RK07 DECPack for sale and possibly an RKV11D Qbus
controller I am in the market for one.
Curt