[Info-vax] device nameing on a PWS500au

[Bart.Zorn@gmail.com]

On Dec 8, 10:24 pm, Jim Mehlhop <mjim1... at qwest.net> 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

Set bit 1 in DEVICE_NAMING. On my Alphaserver 1000A this works.

HTH,

Bart Zorn