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From: bobm@cpoint.clearpoint.com (Bob Mulcahy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Help adding a Maxtor XT1085 disk on a microVAX2000
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Date: 20 Aug 90 18:43:22 GMT
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Hi,

I am trying to install a Maxtor XT1085 disk as the system disk on a
microVAX2000.  I have been unable to get past the self test.  The error
reported by the ROM self test is '5'.  According to my documentation this
means that I have an invalid UIB and I should reformat the disk.

Howevr, I can't seem  to get the ROM based format utility to format the
drive -- I have no idea what the parameters are that the utility is
asking for.  Even if I give it answers that I guess at -- it fails.  It always
fails formatting during the process of locating the manufacturer's bad block
table on the disk.

Therefore, I went over to my MicroVAX II and formatted my disk with the
controller on that machine.  It is a SDC-RQD11-B (Made by Sigma Information
System). I was able to get this to work just fine -- it formatted, tested and
I even wrote something they call a 'disk structure' onto my disk.  I then took
that formatted disk over to my 2000  and it still failed the same way: invalid
UIB.

Does anyone know how I can get this drive to work on my 2000?

thanks,
bob