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- From: ecldco@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.C. Loyd)
- Subject: Re: RZ23 & VS4000/60 question
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.143454.10045@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Jul22.140154.1@travis.llnl.gov>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:34:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.140154.1@travis.llnl.gov> massey@travis.llnl.gov writes:
- >We hav a new Vaxstation 4000/60 and an old RZ23 disk drive that we're trying
- >to get together. The Vaxstation docs talk about it working with an RZ23L.
- >The RZ23 fits, is recognized by the hardware and the software, can be
- >initialized and written to some of the time. But, we can consistantly cause
- >the following VMS error message too:
- >
- >$ back/ver DKA0:/image DKA200:DKA0.sav/sav
- >%BACKUP-F-WRITEERR, error writing DKA200:[SYSTEM]DKA0.SAV;1
- >-RMS-F-WER, file write error
- >-SYSTEM-F-DRVERR, fatal drive error
- >S
- >
- >The drive was known to be good prior to its installation in the 4000/60.
- >
- >My questions are:
- >1) Is this hardware mix compatible?
- >2) Are there significant differences between an RZ23 & an RZ23L?
- >3) We're familiar with a Vaxstation 3100 where a SCSI device could be
- >exercised/bad-block-scanned via an "odt" "TEST xx". The 4000/60 documentation
- >does not mention such a test/exerciser. Does it exist?
- >
- >
- >Warren N. Massey Massey@Travis.LLNL.Gov
- >Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-495
- >Livermore, Calif. 94550 <<<My opinions are mine alone>>> (510)422-1958
-
-
- The RZ23 is basically a 100 Meg drive. In reality, it's a Conner CP31000
- drive with DEC's seal on it. The RZ23L is basically a half-stroke RZ24,
- which is another Conner drive. The RZ23L is about 125 Meg. Official sources
- at DEC state that the VAXstation 4000/60 will not run any VMS prior to version
- 5.5. Another piece of DEC information is that the RD53 and RZ23 are no longer
- supported as system disks under VMS 5.5. That leads one to believe that the
- RZ23 would not be a valid system disk in a VS4000/60. If you're not using
- it as a system disk, and are instead using it for swap or something, then
- you've got a different problem on your hands. Try ANALYZEing the disk.
-
- -Eric
-
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