VAXStation 2000 stuff - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 May 1999

Hiya,

...

  A few days ago, I undertook to install a Maxtor XT2190 (that had
  previously been used in a PC running DOS) in my VAXStation 2000. I
  brought up T 70 and, to my relief and joy, it scanned the disk and
  declared it an RD54!  The relief came since I was not at all sure that
  I could come up with all of the data that T 70 requires when it goes
  into query mode.  Is there a program that can extract that data from a
  'real' RD54?

The values for the prompts can be found in:

	http://anacin.nsc.vcu.edu/~jim/mvax/mvax_faq_text.html

Just load this page, and the search for "test 70". There is another page
somewhere that describes how to calculate the media ID, but I forget the
URL.

...
   At any rate, the format proceeded smoothly and with
the help of
  Standalone Backup I loaded VMS 5.5 and the Mandatory Update on to the
  drive.  I want to bring VMS up to v5.5.2, but do not know whether I
  need load both v5.5.1 and then v5.5.2 or whether just v5.5.2 is enough.
  I presume that this is done as an Update using VMSINSTAL.  Correct?

                                                 - don 
I dunno, I don't use VMS, but I got a lot of layered product 
licenses w/tapes.

clint