Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!uwovax.UWO.CDN!BRENT From: BRENT@uwovax.UWO.CDN.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: Lost Magnetic Tape problem Message-ID: <0537711967@uwovax.UWO.CDN> Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 12:26:07 EST Article-I.D.: uwovax.0537711967 Posted: Thu Jan 15 12:26:07 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 23:49:47 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 23 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa Today our only system tape drive went awol. It ended up being owned by a non-existant process. How it got that way is not relevant, but I was informed by TSC that someone, somewhere, has been previously disturbed by this feature of VMS, and wrote a program to make such a lost tape drive available again (without resorting to a reload). Once in a row is too much, and so I beseech the author, or anyone else who may have such program, to send it to me, please. I have DECUS tapes from Spring and Fall 85 (Spring 86 not arrived yet), but I don't know what to look for (program name or author). If it appeared on any 1985 tape, a reference to it will suffice. Thanks to all who will no doubt reply. B. -- Brent Sterner Lord Protector, d i g i t a l Systems Computing & Communications Services Natural Sciences Building The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 Telephone (519)661-2151 x6036 Network ! VAX 8600 ! IBM 4341