Article 150955 of comp.os.vms:
Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 
> In article <4rrv88$1fj3@te6000.otc.lsu.edu>, elcan@philtr.phys.lsu.edu
> (philip elcan) writes:
> :Could someone tell me if booting from a RZ26L (storage works)
> :connected to a KZQSA SCSI host adapter in the Q-bus of a VAXstation
> :3500 is supported?
> 
>    This is not supported.
> 
>    No magnetic disks are supported on the KZQSA under OpenVMS for any
>    purposes -- neither for general access nor for system bootstraps.
> 
>    The KZQSA is supported for CD-ROM and tapes, only.
> 
>    When one needs/wants SCSI on this system, one could use a third-party
>    SCSI controller (if the controller properly emulates a KDA50, it will
>    probably even bootstrap), or one could use an HSDxx via a KFQSA.
> 
>   ------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------
>    Stephen Hoffman      OpenVMS Engineering      hoffman@xdelta.enet.dec.com
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Well, it may not be supported, but it works.  I have installed several KZQSAs 
with disks attached, and they work just fine.  I don't boot from them, they're 
data disks on a system with DSSI disks to boot from, so I can't say whether or 
not disks so connected can be made bootable.

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