From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX" 10-JUL-1992 06:56:13.81
To:	info-vax@kl.sri.com
CC:	
Subj:	Re: vaxstation 3100 floppy drive


In article <1992Jul6.130929.341@cine88.cineca.it>, lc1bocv1@cine88.cineca.it writes:
|>
|>I work on a VAXstation 3100 , but i can't use 
|>his floppy drive:   everytime i try to mount , i receive 
|>the error message : 'invalid media format'.

	Before mounting the floppy drive, you must initialise it. This can
be done in two ways (either using the INIT command or when the station is not
booted)

1) Using the INIT statement
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  $ INIT/DENSITY=DOUBLE DUAn: label
  $ INIT/DENSITY=SINGLE DUAn: label
	This does not seem to work in all cases.

2) When the station is not booted 
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  >>> TEST 70

  will prompt you for the SCSI number associated to the device (1 for DUA1,
  2 for DUA2), its type (RX23 or RX33) and to confirm the formatting request.

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