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- From: adelman@tgv.com (Kenneth Adelman)
- Subject: Re: problem with TK50 hang on Microvax
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.055558.16736@news.arc.nasa.gov>
- Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov
- Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:55:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.164117.17685@newstand.syr.edu>, jareed@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Judith Ann Reed) writes...
- >Greetings, netfolks. I'm having trouble with a MicroVAX II, running VMS 5.0,
- >with a TK50. Said TK50 worked up till recently, but lately does the following:
- >
- >I start a backup, it runs fine till it asks for a 2nd tape. When you load
- >the 2nd tape in, system will not recognize. When you issue a REPLY/TO=
- >command, process running backup continues to sit there, never loads 2nd tape.
- >When you kill the process, drive will no longer work at all till reboot.
- >I need to get a good backup before trying a power down to see if Tape
- >controller can be cleared. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions?
- >Please email, I'll summarize if there's interest, don't follow group
- >regularly. Thanks!
-
- Sounds familar; I had this problem when we upgraded to VMS V5.0 as
- well. You need an update (FCO) to the controller card before you can
- use it with VMS V5.0. Last I had this done it was years ago by an
- outfit called "Efficient Field Service"; it cost around $500 to update
- both controller and drive and it has been working perfectly since.
-
- Ken
-