[Info-vax] Alpha SCSI disks won't mount on integrity

[hb]

On 12/22/21 3:54 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> INIT /ERASE /GPT /SYSTEM /STRUCT=5 [...] the disks on OpenVMS Alpha
> (with adequate max files and headers set, as the INIT defaults are
> ~always bad), re-populate the disk contents, and try the transfer again.

The OP said, the disk is "offline". Maybe there is some magic in this
init command but I would not expect that anything on the disk will
change the status, so it will be "online".

The OP said, they want to move data. /GPT is not required for data disks
and I don't see any benefit having a file in the MFD which occupies LBN
1, the traditional home of the home block. It doesn't hurt, either, just
a small waste of disk space and mount time.