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In article <1992Jul22.140154.1@travis.llnl.gov> massey@travis.llnl.gov writes:
>We hav a new Vaxstation 4000/60 and an old RZ23 disk drive that we're trying 
>to get together. The Vaxstation docs talk about it working with an RZ23L.
>The RZ23 fits, is recognized by the hardware and the software, can be 
>initialized and written to some of the time. But, we can consistantly cause
>the following VMS error message too:
>
>$ back/ver DKA0:/image DKA200:DKA0.sav/sav
>%BACKUP-F-WRITEERR, error writing DKA200:[SYSTEM]DKA0.SAV;1
>-RMS-F-WER, file write error
>-SYSTEM-F-DRVERR, fatal drive error
>S
>
>The drive was known to be good prior to its installation in the 4000/60.
>
>My questions are:
>1) Is this hardware mix compatible?
>2) Are there significant differences between an RZ23 & an RZ23L?
>3) We're familiar with a Vaxstation 3100 where a SCSI device could be 
>exercised/bad-block-scanned via an "odt" "TEST xx". The 4000/60 documentation
>does not mention such a test/exerciser. Does it exist?
>
>
>Warren N. Massey                                      Massey@Travis.LLNL.Gov
>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory                   P.O. Box 808, L-495
>Livermore, Calif. 94550  <<<My opinions are mine alone>>>      (510)422-1958


The RZ23 is basically a 100 Meg drive.  In reality, it's a Conner CP31000
drive with DEC's seal on it.  The RZ23L is basically a half-stroke RZ24,
which is another Conner drive.  The RZ23L is about 125 Meg.  Official sources
at DEC state that the VAXstation 4000/60 will not run any VMS prior to version
5.5.  Another piece of DEC information is that the RD53 and RZ23 are no longer
supported as system disks under VMS 5.5.  That leads one to believe that the
RZ23 would not be a valid system disk in a VS4000/60.  If you're not using
it as a system disk, and are instead using it for swap or something, then
you've got a different problem on your hands.  Try ANALYZEing the disk.

-Eric

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