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From: mcintosh@decus.com.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: KFQSA uses DU driver?
Message-ID: <10053.28007f54@decus.com.au>
Date: 8 Apr 91 04:33:55 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.160803.1159@ni.umd.edu>, mike@UC780.UMD.EDU (Mike Santangelo) writes:
> I see here in my DEC Systems and Options catalog when reading about
> the KFQSA controller that it ..."uses the name Storage System Port (SSP)
> used by the RQDX3 and KDA50 controllers, and is supported by existing
> device drivers acros all 32-bit operating systems".  Do I take this
> to mean that it doesn't use the standard DSSI device drivers found in
> the embedded DSSI controller based MicroVAX's/VAX4000 (DI I think) but
> uses the DU driver instead?  If so, then it would then mean I could use
> one of these with a KA630 SPU and it's ROM-resident VMB program would
> think this was just another DU device and boot from it?

I haven't tried it, but I'm pretty sure you could.

On a VAX 3800 (which uses the KFQSA) the disks appear as DUAn at the console.
*After* VMS boots it renames the disks to DIAn.

Robert McIntosh		mcintosh@decus.com.au
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