David,
yes, long ago. If my memory serves me right (remember this?), early SCSI
support was a bit picky about non-DEC devices, so maybe (worst case)
this is your problem and you either need to get original hardware or a
later VMS version.
In general, VMS probes devices (not only SCSI) and loads all drivers for
which devices are found. No SYSGEN required, and this has been true for
longer than 5.2 already.
You can even rerun the device detection process without rebooting: you
need CMKRNL privilege, and then (on your VAX) issue a MCR SYSGEN
AUTOCONFIGURE ALL. For Alphas, it is MCR SYSMAN IO AUTOCONFIGURE, and
you need SYSLCK privilege, too.
In either case, the device should show up as MKAn00:, where A assumes it
is connected to the first or only SCSI bus in the system, and n should
reflect the SCSI ID of the device. I guess you made sure that IDs are
unique?
Regards,
Andreas
David HM Spector wrote:
> From the its been way too long to remember department...
>
> I just put an old HP SCSI 9-track tape drive on my 4000/400 running
> Vax/VMS 5.2... Does VMS probe SCSI devices at boot time? Is there a
> way to access this drive without re-generating the system..?
>
>
> David
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Received on Tue Dec 10 2002 - 03:37:11 GMT