[Info-vax] device nameing on a PWS500au

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Jim Mehlhop wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> Jim Mehlhop wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to remember an article (but I can't find it) about this.  Here 
>>> is the situation  on the console of the PWS500 my disks show up as 
>>> dkb0-600  but when I boot vms they show up as dkC0-600.  Seems to me 
>>> there was something in sysgen but I can't find it right now.  Does 
>>> anyone else remember this?
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>>
>> The firmware uses a different algorithm to discover devices than VMS 
>> does.  The problem has been in existence for at least the last ten 
>> years  and if it were thirty years I wouldn't be surprised.
> Sorta figured that, but I THOUGHT I remembered an entry about this where 
> you could make VMS use the SRM algorithm
> 

I don't recall such a feature.  Which proves nothing!  Equipment that I 
never used or even saw might have supported such a feature.