zhu@ogcvax.UUCP (Jianhua Zhu) (03/23/88)
Once again I am having a problem with our uVAX/uVMS system and in need of help from kind souls of this newsgroup. Here is the scenario: We wanted to add a second fixed disk (RD53) to our microVAX-II/microVMS-4.5 system. We got the disk installed, and it showed up as DUA1 correctly with "$SHOW DEVICES" command. However, we could not get it mounted. When we tried to initialize it (with "INITIALIZE"), we got "write check" kind of error message; when we tried to mount it without first initializing it, there was "no home block" kind of error message. I have no idea why this is happening (we do not have "SYSTEM MANAGER'S MANUAL" here). Could somebody out there who knows an answer help me out, and tell me what I should do to reconfigure the system when new devices are added? Reply by email is preferred since this problem is probably not of general interest. Thanks a lot in advance. -- Jianhua Zhu zhu@cse.ogc.edu OR ...!tektronix!ogcvax!zhu -- /__|__ _/-\_ | /__|__ * Jianhua Zhu *** UUCP: ...!tektronix!ogcvax!zhu "___|__, --- || /| ,|_/ * CSE Dept - OGC *** CSNet: zhu@oregon-grad ,"|", \|/ || ---+--- * 19600NW von Neumann Dr *** / \| \ /--- \| | * Beaverton, OR 97006 ***
jeh@crash.cts.com (Jamie Hanrahan) (04/01/88)
Assuming that it "ought" to work (ie that the controller and drive are both working correctly, etc.), one thing that can cause this is if your disk was formatted on an RQDX2, and you have an RQDX3, or vice versa. Have your field service person format the disk for you, making VERY sure that s/he hits your new disk and not your old one, and try again.