SCSI 9-Track tape under VMS..?

From: David HM Spector <spector_at_zeitgeist.com>
Date: Tue Dec 10 07:57:05 2002

Nada....

$ show dev mk
%SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available


_David

On Monday, Dec 9, 2002, at 22:31 America/New_York, Zane H. Healy 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..?
>
> What happens when you do a 'SHO DEV MK'? For example:
>
> $ sho dev mk
>
> Device Device Error Volume Free
> Trans
> Mnt
> Name Status Count Label Blocks
> Count
> Cnt
> MONK$MKA500: Online 0
> $
>
> Though the above is a on a PWS 433au running OpenVMS 7.2-1H1 and the
> drive
> is a DEC TLZ06 (4mm DAT).
>
> Zane
Received on Tue Dec 10 2002 - 07:57:05 GMT