From - Thu Aug 14 07:40:30 1997 Path: news.mitre.org!blanket.mitre.org!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!mvb.saic.com!info-vax From: "GWDVMS::MOELLER" Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: SCSI disks (non-DEC) vs. VMS V5.5-2 Message-ID: <18319082@MVB.SAIC.COM> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 01:15:09 +0200 Organization: Info-Vax<==>Comp.Os.Vms Gateway X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List Lines: 43 I've updated the DKDRIVER patch (V5.5-2 only) at ftp://gwdw04.gwdg.de/vms/dkdriver-zip.0552_com such that it finally works just fine with a ZIP 100 drive, and have also checked that it doesn't hurt at all some old SCSI disk, which "always" worked before (on V5.x). I have reason to assume that this patch works around _many_ "old-fashioned" restrictions that V5.5-2 would place on the choice of SCSI disks. Of course I can't "warrant" any particular setup, or do qualification teting ala DEC, but it may well be that disks with ARRE & AWRE mode bits set, disks not returning C/H/S geometry, and possibly even MO disks that would at least annoy their users by filling the error log with messages about "recovered" errors, may profit a lot from the patch. Having not too many different disks around (and no MO at all), it'd be nice if some people interested in running V5.5-2 could check it out some more. It would be good for the time being, if you'd know what preparations to take when testing out a driver whose installation could in the worst inhibit booting from the "current" system disk - in essence, you'd like to have some "backup" bootable disk, from which you could repair the first one in case of an emergency. Usage: Create []DKDRIVER-ZIP.EXE via $ PATCH @dkdriver-zip.0552_com and make it into SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:DKDRIVER.EXE (don't discard the original DKDRIVER.EXE !!!). Reboot. Of course, the old Vs2000 has proven invaluable again (as it often did before), being available all the time for re-booting and testing out weirder things, and this time in particular, because it has a non-SCSI _system_ disk ... Wolfgang J. Moeller, Tel. +49 551 2011516 or -510, moeller@gwdvms.dnet.gwdg.de GWDG, D-37077 Goettingen, F.R.Germany | Disclaimer: No claim intended! ----- -----