Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!decwrl!granite.pa.dec.com!mellon From: mellon@fenris.pa.dec.com (Ted Lemon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Dual-Porting under ULTRIX? Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 90 03:52:26 GMT References: <19547@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Distribution: usa Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 15 In-reply-to: mre@ngdc2.colorado.edu's message of 10 Apr 90 22:46:44 GMT Assuming that you're running Ultrix 3.1, you should be able to hook your RA81s up to both machines, as long as you make sure that only one machine tries to mount them at a time. This means that you shouldn't reference any file systems in both of the fstab files, of course. From a mechanical standpoint, just hook up the "A" port of each RA81 to the controller on one VAX, and hook up the "B" ports to the other VAX. This will probably also work under previous versions of the operating system, but I haven't tried it, and I suppose the device driver could be hosed, so experiment at your own risk. _MelloN_