Vax message as system locks up

From: Neil Cherry <ncherry_at_home.net>
Date: Tue Nov 7 21:14:08 2000

Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:23:14PM -0500, Neil Cherry wrote:
> > A while back I posted a message and mentioned a problem with the drives
> > unmounting. Well here is the message:
> > %SYSTEM-I-MOUNTVER, R7VEFG$DIA0: is offline. Mount verification in progress.
> > After that I get a red line on the drive indicator and anything I on the
> > console never returns.
> > Any ideas?
>
> I had this problem when trying to use a Plextor 12x SCSI CD-ROm to
> install VMS, as well as a Sony CD-ROM. When I went and got a real genuine
> DEC RRD43, the problem went away. Check your SCSI devices.

It better be a real DEC drive, it came from DEC (purchased) for our lab.
They've been sitting unused (unloved :-) and I decided to adopt them.

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