(correction) Booting a VAX 4000-500 from KFQSA SCSI.... ARRRRRGH!!!!!

From: Matthew Sell <msell_at_ontimesupport.com>
Date: Thu Dec 27 16:26:23 2001

Correction -

It's a KZQSA - not KFQSA......


         - Matt



At 04:01 PM 12/27/2001 -0600, you wrote:


>(Grumble).....
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>I'm getting conflicting information regarding the ability to boot the 4000
>from SCSI devices attached to the KFQSA SCSI adapter. Some people say you
>can't do it, some say they actually have done it.
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>I have a DEC RRD-43AA CD-ROM drive, and have it connected to an external
>SCSI box with a cable from it to the KFQSA adapter. Onboard the 4000 are
>two DSSI drives.
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>The 4000 is able to recognize and assign device identifiers to the
>ethernet port and the two DSSI drives, but has no clue ragarding anything
>attached to the SCSI (KZQSA) card.
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>Is there anything I need to do with the "VMB" to make it recognize the
>CD-ROM drive, or am I missing a step?
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>I'm attempting to boot the 4000 from the CD-ROM and start the VMS 6
>installation process.
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>Thanks!
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>Matthew Sell
>Programmer
>On Time Support, Inc.
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Matthew Sell
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