cts@dragon.com (Charles T. Smith, Jr.) (06/09/91)
I have a MicroVAX II system with a Systems Industries Qbus ESDI controller. Currently, its running with a 330 MB Maxtor drive (and running well). I want to add a Priam Model 338 (ID-330E) to the subsystem. I was able to format the drive; the controller and diagnostics see the drive; however VMS does not. So far, the SI engineer has suggested moving the Priam to be the first drive on the daisy cable, and to remove the resistor pack on the Maxtor. Still nada. At boot, I can attempt to boot the new drive; the controller clearly accesses the drive, but the Vax comes back with a devoffline error. The original Maxtor boots fine. Unfortunately, I have no documentation for either the controller or the drive. The Maxtor is set up as 34 sector, 1223 cyl. The Priam defaulted to 36 sec, 1224 cyl. I didn't change these values, and it seemed to format ok. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles T. Smith, Jr. | "Beam me up, Scotty, there's no cts@dragon.com | intelligent life down here..." gatech!emory!dragon!cts | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------