External SCSI Drives on DEC2000 AXP

[Bill Degnan]

Nigel,
If you have two drives of the same volume name in VMS that will cause
issues.  You did not provide a lot of detail to give you specific answers.

Its complex but here is a starting point
https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread_record.cfm?id=604&tid=18

I am a hobbyist in vms, not an expert.

Bill

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 8:46 AM Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> 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:
>
> >>>t scsi format a 2 0
>
> which just returns
>
> >>>OK
>
> 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
>
>
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