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The Question is: The vax no longer talks to the RA81 drives. Everything was fine but then one day lightning hit the building. The machine still boots, even though my hamfists have been pulling its guts in and out, but it will not mount the RA81. Oh, what does it say, "NO -SUCH-DEV" or something like that when I try to mount the RA81 drive(other drives mount OK). I replaced the boards (KDA50), but am fearful that I need to do something like type 'configure' at the '>>>' prompt. When I type >>>show qbus [return] it shows a lot of stuff which I could write down and email to you if you think that would be helpful. By the way, other machines can see the RA81 and swapping cables does not makes no difference. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance. The Answer is : The lightning strike quite obviously damaged the hardware. Please contact your hardware services organization -- the OpenVMS Wizard cannot offer a hardware repair service, nor can the OpenVMS Wizard provide email-based assistance. (If you particularly wish to self-maintain your systems, please see the information on the self-maintenance services offering in the OpenVMS FAQ, as these services offerings can permit access to spares, diagnostics, hardware documentation, and module repairs.) Assuming the KDA50 and RA81 drives have been repaired and the CSR and vector settings are correct -- CSR and interrupt vector settings are and must be configured across all Q-bus controllers present and must specifically account for each and every Q-bus controller present in the system -- no console configuration is necessary. Please see topics including (1149) for other Q-bus related details. Other related discussions include (407), (1866), (3232), and (5219).
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