[Info-vax] 4 beeps DEC RF31 disk

[Dave Froble]

On 11/24/2019 2:10 PM, Diego Claeys wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> one of my DEC RF31 disk died today.
> I was working on my vax 4000-200 and suddenly the disk stops spinning and the red light came up.
> I shutdown the system, power it off and on and the defunct disk beeps 4 times without spinning up.
>
> Any idea what that could mean?
>
> regards.
>

Could be electronic.  Could be mechanical.  Bearings and such were never 
meant to last forever.

Is that RF disk DSSI?  Been so long, I don't remember.  If so, that 
could be an issue.

If it's SCSI, or you can use SCSI, then start looking at the devices 
that can take an SD card and present it as a SCSI disk.  Or other 
similar devices.

People using old disks are going to lose them, sooner or later.

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