Mounting tapes on VMS *AAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH*

From: Huw Davies <Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au>
Date: Fri Jun 14 10:01:39 2002

At 11:03 PM 13/06/2002 -0500, Matthew Sell wrote:

>erf.
>
>
>I've done just about everything I can think of to mount TK50 tapes on my
>MicroVax (and also on my TK70 on the 4000), and I keep getting the
>"%MOUNT-I_OPRQST, Please mount device" error.
>
>I've tried mounting the tapes with "/FOREIGN" as well - no luck.
>
>If I try mounting the tapes with the "/NOASSIST" option - I get the
>"%MOUNT-F-VOLINV, volume is not software enabled" error.

OK, what does

         $ show device MU*/full

and

         $ show device MK*/full

give?

The second command is only required if your tape drives are attached via SCSI.

Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au
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