[Info-vax] TCPIP$SMTP SYSTEM-F-EXQUOTA, SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO after upgrade to V8.3

[Steven Schweda]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> No!  It's a warning of a developing hardware problem.  Your system is
> losing contact with the disk drive.  It could be something as trivial as
> an improperly seated cable connection or as serious as a dying disk drive.

   Glad you're looking out for me, but, well, duh.  You seem
to have ignored the crucial step:

>    So, I INITIALIZEd a new system disk (/STRUCTURE = 5),
> booted off the V8.3 CD-ROM, did a BACKUP /IMAG /NOINIT /TRUN
> /VERI from the old disk to the new one, and then [...]

   Note: "new".

> <snip>

   Less is not always better.

   In fact, fiddling the cable, and even switching it to a
different SCSI adapter, cable, and power supply didn't rectify
it, so I'm betting on a failing disk drive.  At least it was
pretty slow and painless, as system disk failures go.