Another VaxStation 3100 revisited...

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Tue Apr 25 14:17:52 2000

> Allison wrote:
> >I like VMS because it doesn't know what crash is and when you drop an
>
> Not quite true. It will crash if you do something *really* stupid. For
> example if you try to cluster a VAX/VMS V5.5 system in with a OpenVMS V7.2
> cluster and then unplug the VAX from the cluster becuase it won't boot,
> then once you've finished running the commands to de-cluster it and are
> running the autogen, and you decided to save a couple seconds and just plug
> the ethernet cable back in, BOOM!
>
> Zane
> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
> | healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
> | healyzh_at_holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |


Any other oldtimers remember the 2.x glitch (or was it 3.x) where
putting a TU77 offline and manually rewinding it would MWAIT the
driver or occasionally bugcheck the whole machine and force a reboot...

I once did it with a TU77 which dropped vacuum in mid-real and the
FBI wasn't happy about not being able to use the Tape massbuss for
backups. Took an hour or two of fiddling around with the diag
supervisor and the machine while live -- but somehow I managed
to get the damn thing to come unstuck...

I assume it was the diags kicking bits around in the tape or TM03 --
but I've never been able to figure how I saved getting nailed for
a reboot at the FBI.

I also was supposed to PM the box the day Reagan got shot, but that
was cancelled on me for obvious reasons.

I cleaned the tape heads, read errlog and left.

Bill

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