[Info-vax] rx2600s on eBay

[Rich Jordan]

On Mar 25, 12:33 pm, bro... at cuebid.ovms.usa.hp.nospam (Rob Brooks)
wrote:
> Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> writes:
> > vax... at chemie.uni-konstanz.de wrote:
> >> It's impossible to boot from a SCSI-DVD or SCSI-Acard-IDE-DVD
> >> because the drive only understands 2048 block commands whereas
> >> VMS wants 512 Byte blocks per I/O.
> >    As is so often true, there's a difference between
> > "I couldn't do it" and "It's impossible".
>
> [...]
>
> >    This is with the block-size jumper set to 2048.  As I
> > recall, something, perhaps booting from a DVD, failed when it
> > was set to 512.
>
> While there certainly was an earlier restriction within DKDRIVER that
> precluded the use of a 2048 block-sized device, that restriction was
> lifted in some recent (V8.2?) release, as shown by Steven's post.
>
> --
>
> Rob Brooks    MSL -- Marlborough, MA            brooks!cuebid.ovms.usa.hp.com

That is great to know.  I still prefer SCSI connected devices where
possible.