[Info-vax] Connecting uVAX3100-95 or -96 to MSA30 via SCSI

[Bob Eager]

On Mon, 30 May 2011 00:30:50 -0700, Hans Vlems wrote:

> On 26 mei, 14:56, CY <christ... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone seen this be done, did a preliminary test with an old 3100-40
>> but it didnt find any from
>>
>> >>>sho dev
>>
>> Any hope on upgrading the KA420-ROM-PATCH, It seems to fix some boot
>> problems on 3100-10 with +1G disks.
>> Found a cable SCSI1-SCSI3 (or VHDCI) but what that was intended for in
>> the first place - no one knows (remembers).
>>
>> Golden egg only show BA Storage work cabinets.
>>
>> Going to try a MSA30 if I find one.
>>
>> Would like some new replacement for RZ26-VA thats been running a lot of
>> years now but dont want to buy refurbished disks with 60 day warranty.
> 
> Narrow SCSI disks (50 pin connector) are not easy to find, not even on
> eBay.
> Wouldn't it be possible to partition a drive with a >> 1 GB capacity
> with just one
> 1 GB partition? Does VMS recognise the partition, and will it boot off
> that partition?

Or just hack a bigger disk to make it look like a 1GB one. That's what I 
did.

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