[Info-vax] Nonexistent IDE/ATAPI disk, is online, file-oriented device, shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

[patrick jankowiak]

You might find this console dump humorous.

Only VMS would insist that a disk is nonexistent yet online and 
available. I guess that means it is still there in the XP1000's bay. 8-P

version is 7.3-2 if it makes a difference, but I think it's just a 
deceased disk.

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$ show dev d

Device                  Device           Error    Volume         Free 
Trans Mnt
  Name                   Status           Count     Label        Blocks 
Count Cnt
$3$DKB0:         (WIZ)  Mounted              0  ALPHASYS      26766565 
  248   1
$3$DQA0:         (WIZ)  Online              11
$3$DQA1:         (WIZ)  Online               1
$3$DQB0:         (WIZ)  Online               0
$3$DQB1:         (WIZ)  Online               0
$3$DVA0:         (WIZ)  Online               0


$ mount /over=id dqa0:
%MOUNT-F-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
$ show dev dqa0:

Device                  Device           Error    Volume         Free 
Trans Mnt
  Name                   Status           Count     Label        Blocks 
Count Cnt
$3$DQA0:         (WIZ)  Online              11
$
$ show dev dqa0:/full

Disk $3$DQA0: (WIZ), device type Nonexistent IDE/ATAPI disk, is online, 
file-oriented device, shareable, available to cluster, error logging is 
enabled.

Error count                   11
Owner process                 ""
Owner process ID        00000000
Reference count                0
Total blocks           156301488
Total cylinders            12573
Allocation class               3

Operations completed            2748004
Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
Dev Prot            S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,W
Reference count                0
Default buffer size                 512
Total blocks           156301488
Sectors per track                   111
Tracks per cylinder                 112
Allocation class               3

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yeah I should not be using an IDE disk for anything important..

rgds
Patrick J