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From: ridout@uservx.afwl.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: can ultrix and vms share an HSC?
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.154344.21227@uservx.afwl.af.mil>
Date: 22 Mar 91 22:43:44 GMT
Organization: Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB
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Hi all,
I know this was discussed a long time ago, byt at the time I didn't think I had
the need.  So here is my problem.
I want to put ultrix on one of the VAXes in my VMS CI cluster.  I could just
pull the machine off the cluster hook up some drives and away I go.  But I need
tape drives.  I have some third party STC drives from SI but they require a
driver patch so I cannot use them as the install device.  
So my question is: Can I have my VMS vax and Ultrix VAX connected to the same
star and use the same HSC to share the tape drives?  And to extend the question 
a bit further, can the disks remain on the HSC  i.e. some of the disks on the
HSC belong to the VMS machine and some of the disks belong to the Ultrix
machine.
I can live with the disks being removed from the HSC but I really need a tape
drive for doing the installs.
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