On 2002.01.06 16:36 Jeff Hellige wrote:
> >Yes. I used the DQ686 with a KA630 and a KA655 under NetBSD and it
> >just worked.
> Looking at the compatibility listing, it didn't look like it
> supported much else other than the standard MFM drives. It's good to
> hear that I was wrong.
There is (T)MSCP, the (Tape) Mass Storage Control Protokol. It is a
standard way to interface disks (and Tapes) on DEC Uni- and QBus (DSSI)
systems. If your disk adapter speaks MSCP, it will work regardless of
the actual disk type. The reference to the MFM disks is a reference to
the RQDX[123] adapter, that is a MFM to MSCP adapter...
> >Perhaps you should do a low level reformat and bad block scan of the
> >disk? You know the magic words to invoke the controller setup?
> That would probably be a good idea.
[...]
> I don't know anything about it's setup.
INIT (via RESTART button)
Then type into the boot prom:
D/P/L 20088004 80000001 <cr>
D/P/W 20001f40 20 <cr>
D/P/W 2000146a 3FFF <cr>
S 200 <CR> (or "S 218 <cr>" if you have GPX graphics)
and you will see the adapter menu setup. Reformat the disks, do a bad
block scan and revector the bad blocks from the errorlog.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
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Received on Sun Jan 06 2002 - 13:28:03 GMT