VAXstation sysgen question - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Jan 2004

  I have ploughed a bit thru the voluminous online doc, and invoked SYSGEN
and read thru it's help files....  but I still have no understanding of
just how to make a Device known to VMS.

  Specifically, I want to make a 9trk tape machine (M4 Data = TE16 ?)
available.  Another listmember was kind enough to provide me with SCSI
cables, since the M4 machine is SCSI.   I tried:

SYSGEN> AUTOCONFIGURE ALL/SELECT=(_list of tape dev names_) which did
'something' and returned to the SYSGEN> prompt - but attempts to ALLOC or
MOUNT the dev return 'device unknown' errors, nor are the new devices list
in SHOW DEV.

  So of course I'm (as usual) one or two GOTOs short of a Subroutine...

   ;}

Cheers

John