SCSI2SD on VMS 5.4

[Kevin Lee]

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Why not try dd if working real disk of to SD card ?

On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 6:41pm, Dave Wade via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:


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
> cctalk
> Sent: 16 March 2019 10:29
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> 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