Hi, I bought a Fujitsu 9.1GB drive which doesn't work with OpenVMS 7.3 on a VAXstation 4000/90 - I think it is because the firmware is not able to determine the capacity correctly. I will soon be installing OpenBSD on it and don't expect problems with that OS. I have had success with an RZ28L which is 2.1GB, not had a chance to try the 4.3GB variety of RZ drive. If you want to get a replacement drive that will fit in the case, look out for an -L variant - these are the 'low profile' version of drives. Happy vaxing Mark. Mark Wickens Rhodium Consulting Ltd -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini Sent: 14 July 2004 19:55 To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: RZ25-E in a VAXstation 4000 vlc? Yes it does. I think mine came with an RZ23L in it. I swapped in a Fujitsu 1GB SCSI drive that I had lying around. IIRC there's a SCSI connector on the rear so you should be able to hook up an external enclosure and check that the console sees the new drive(s). I'd be surprised if *any* DEC RZ drive failed to work. I'd expect the success with non-DEC drives to be entirely OS-dependant (assuming you sort out the usual issues with active termination and so on). OpenVMS V6.1 (or so) onwards is pretty tolerant of SCSi drives ... I don't know about the BSD family and Linux-VAX is not (yet) ready to play with disks (AFAIK). Antonio -- --------------- Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org

I would like to thank everyone for their suggestions. My VAXstation 4000 VLC is now up and running. I ended up using a Quantum Fireball 2gb SCSI drive and a Toshiba TXM3401E1 CD-ROM drive for installation. That worked and I am now successfully running VMS 7.2 and having fun playing with DEC C and Basic. My next project is trying to figure out how to get TCP/IP installed and configured so that I can put the VAX on my network. Again, thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. David On Jul 15, 2004, at 5:46 AM, Wai-Sun Chia wrote: