TK50 trashes internal RZ23 on DS3100

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From: John T Kohl
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 1990 16:31

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I have a DS3100 on my desk, with the following normal configuration:
	Ultrix/RISC 3.1
	16M memory
	SCSI #0: external RZ55
	SCSI #3: internal RZ23 (root partition)
	SCSI #4: external RZ55

Two days ago I hooked up an external SCSI TK50 drive, at SCSI #5.  After
doing so, my root partition was immediately trashed.  Removing the tape
drive allowed me to reconstruct the partition; I then put the tape drive
back on the system, and the drive was trashed again.

This is with the "new" roms (i.e. the ones that don't give you the full
text description of the test command & arguments).

One co-worker here reports similar problems with an Exabyte drive
interfering with his internal RZ23, and that when he accessed said
RZ23, the Exabyte would occasionally make noises as if it were being
accessed.

Anybody else heard of such a problem/know a solution?
--
John Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> or <jtkohl@MIT.EDU>
Digital Equipment Corporation/Project Athena
(The above opinions are MINE.  Don't put my words in somebody else's mouth!)

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