SCSI2SD on VMS 5.4

[Dave Wade]

Rob,

 Might be an issue with the card. The KZQSA was officially only supported
for CD-ROM and Tape.

http://www.microvax2.org/files/KZQSA%20Jumper%20Settings.htm

(towards the bottom)...
... have you tried with a real SCSI drive?

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt via
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> Sent: 16 March 2019 10:29
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> Subject: SCSI2SD on VMS 5.4
> 
> I have been experimenting with a SCSI21SD V6 card trying to get it to work
on
> a VAX 4000-200 running VMS 5.4 using a KZQSA. It seems to recognise that
> there is a SCSI device there, but any attempt to access the device from
VMS
> 5.4 results in a Fatal Drive Error. I tried booting a VMS 7.3 image from
the
> SCSI2SD card and that worked.
> 
> 
> 
> Obviously I have played with some of the settings, like SCSI2 mode etc,
but I
> have not found anything that works. Has anyone succeeded in getting this
> board to work on VMS 5.4?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Rob