RL02 Assistance...

From: rogersda_at_cox.net <(rogersda_at_cox.net)>
Date: Mon Jul 28 11:16:00 2003

Curt,

   Perhaps you've already received the assistance you need (I've been gone all weekend), but - depending on the version of VMS you have (I don't remember which version dropped "compatibility mode") - VMS doesn't much like to mount non-RMS file systems, except as "foreign", which you said you tried. Is there data on that disk you need? If not, why not use the command

$ init DLA3: RLDATA

If it fails that, then I'd suspect a driver mis-match.

Dale
>
> From: cvendel_at_att.net
> Date: 2003/07/26 Sat PM 09:21:33 EDT
> To: cctech_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RL02 Assistance...
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got an RL02 connected to my Vax 4000-200 through an RLV12 QBus
> controller.
>
> The Drive is spinning up fine and the Ready light is Lit, the Fault light
> goes off once power to the Vax is started and doing a SHO DEV at the Chevron
> prompt and within OpenVMS both show:
>
> RLV12 Controller 0 (774400)
> -DLA3 (RL02)
>
> Which looks great from my perspective, the drive ID plug is a 3, so DLA3 makes
> total sense. In the SHO DEV within OpenVMS does display the drive as being
> online.
>
> So my problem is with MOUNT, everytime I go to mount the drive the system
> simply hangs and never seems to complete the mount, I end up having to CTRL-
> BREAK to Halt the system back to Chevron and b up again from my DSSI DIA0:
>
> Anyone have any idea's what I'm doing wrong or what may be wrong???
>
> I've tried with a /FOREIGN too since this platters are from an 11/730 and many
> of the handwritten labels on the disk paks say RSTS on them, so I wasn't sure
> if it was a format issue or something, I could really use some help/advice from
> anyone with a lot of experience with the quirks of the RL's.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> PS: If anyone has an RK05 or RK07 DECPack for sale and possibly an RKV11D Qbus
> controller I am in the market for one.
>
> Curt
Received on Mon Jul 28 2003 - 11:16:00 BST