From: Tom Linden [tom@kednos.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 10:28 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: RE: SCSI drives for VAX3100

> 
> If the Vs3100/76 identifies itself as "KA43-A V1.4", it has ROMs 
> [EPROMS, in fact] that (in essence) can't boot from a disk greater 
> than 1 GB, and in that case, the corresponding PATCH in my '3100 
> ROM-patch collection at 
> 	ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/ka420/
> ought to be of help to you, if you'd venture to roll your own ... 
> 
It identifies itself as follows:
KA43-A V1.20C-184-V1.6-267
where      ^   ^    ^   ^
           |   |    |   |
          CON PST  VMB ROM

Does this shed more light?
> Otherwise, I'd like to learn what else you've got, as it might
> give me an opportunity to update said collection ... 
> 
> There is a separate storage controller ROM that has the SCSI self-tests
> and the code for ">>> SH DEV". It's not used at all during booting, or 
> with the system up, so it really doesn't matter much what it "thinks" 
> about your disks.
> 
So I take it that this ROM is not important for the boot sequence?