Here's another "interesting" point - a VMS HDD created by the Emulex UC07 or
KZQSA is compatible with either the KZQSA or UC07.
I could hardly believe it - but the same SCSI HDD created from either will
boot and run VMS from either...
Lyle
On Tuesday 06 January 2004 11:09, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> Oops, sorry - from the train of messages, I thought that was impled...
>
> I used it w/both CDROM and HDD - and it booted VMS from the CDROM. I've
> also successfully used an Emulex UC07 booting VMS from CDROM - and using it
> for CDROM and HDD.
>
> As I recollect, I had trouble booting/installing BSD using either KZQSA or
> UC07 - but I didn't really follow up on it as I was most interested in
> native VMS.
>
> Lyle
>
> On Tuesday 06 January 2004 09:16, John Allain wrote:
> > Say what it was using. There's a big difference between reading a CD and
> > writing a Harddrive.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lyle Bickley <lbickley_at_bickleywest.com>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_crash.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
> > Posts <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: KZQSA and disks, was Re: MicroVax II question
> >
> >
> > I've used a KZQSA to build VMS on both a VAX 4000 Model 300 and VAX 400
> > Model
> > 600.
> >
> > Lyle
> >
> > On Tuesday 06 January 2004 03:30, Steven M Jones wrote:
> > > Jochen Kunz wrote:
> > > .
> > >
> > > > Unfortunately this SCSI adapter is worthless. AFAIK the KZQSA does
> > > > _not_ support MSCP / TMSCP. It was intended as a "tape only adapter"
> > > > for VAX 4000 systems.
> > >
> > > I'm virtually certain I've used a KZQSA in a VAX 4000 model 500
> > > to attach an CD drive to the system and install OpenVMS 6 or 7.
> > > This may be completely compatible with what Jochen wrote, I've
> > > been up all night and the higher functions are going fast...
> > >
> > > Didn't actually try a hard drive as there were sufficient DSSI
> > > drives in the system box, but I could try that out sometime this
> > > week I suppose.
> > >
> > > --Steve.
> >
> > --
> > Lyle Bickley
> > Bickley Consulting West Inc.
> > http://bickleywest.com
> > "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Received on Tue Jan 06 2004 - 13:19:06 GMT