YATES@A.CHEM.UPENN.EDU ("Yates, John H.") (06/29/88)
(sorry if this repeats, the original posting never came back to me) A colleague who has an RA60 drive just told me that they have had hardware failures on 3 occasions that renders the removable pack useless, as it destroys the formatting somehow. DEC has told them there is nothing that can be done to reformat it. Can this be true? Isn't there a field service diagnostic that can do the job? ************************************************* John H. Yates , Ph.D. Director of the Chemistry Computer Facility Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 yates%a.chem@upenn.edu (INTERNET) (215)898-4714 *************************************************
thompson@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson) (07/05/88)
In article <8806290411.AA15174@super.upenn.edu> YATES@A.CHEM.UPENN.EDU ("Yates, John H.") writes:
A colleague who has an RA60 drive just told me
that they have had hardware failures on 3 occasions that
renders the removable pack useless, as it destroys the
formatting somehow. DEC has told them there is nothing that
can be done to reformat it. Can this be true? Isn't there a
field service diagnostic that can do the job?
Sure this can be done. We have a VAX 8250, and a set of disk formatting
programs came in the console floppy kit. I have used them to reformat
an RA60 pack. It has to be done standalone of course.hjm@cernvax.UUCP (hjm) (07/06/88)
In article <5374@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> thompson@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson) writes: >In article <8806290411.AA15174@super.upenn.edu> YATES@A.CHEM.UPENN.EDU ("Yates, John H.") writes: > A colleague who has an RA60 drive just told me > that they have had hardware failures on 3 occasions that > renders the removable pack useless, as it destroys the > formatting somehow. DEC has told them there is nothing that > can be done to reformat it. Can this be true? Isn't there a > field service diagnostic that can do the job? > Try: $ set def sys$maintenance $ r essaa !run the diagnostic supervisor DS> @config !read in the hardware configuration DS> sel DUAn: !select the appropriate disk DS> r evrlb !UDA disk formatter & wait 30-45 mins. DS> exit And then initialise your disk ... Hubert Matthews