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
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Answers to OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
> ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/dec-faq/vms, http://www.openvms.digital.com
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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