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The Question is: I have tried to boot my MicroVAX II from tape but every time I try the system prompts me those error codes. What`s the problem? The Answer is : Your Q-bus bus hardware is incorrectly configured, or has failed. The Q-bus console DEVINACT (DEVINACTIVE) error is usually triggered by the failure of a Q-bus controller to respond or to interrupt the Q-bus processor. This often points to a Q-bus problem, and regularly to a Q-bus bus grant configuration problem. Configuring Q-bus hardware is non-trivial and requires access to an assortment of documentation on the Q-bus and on the specific Q-bus controllers installed in the system, and accordingly the OpenVMS Wizard strongly recommends using slightly less ancient hardware. And an additional difficultly with these Q-bus systems: access to SCSI storage is difficult at best -- please see the existing discussions of the KFQSA and HSD series, the KZQSA (specific CD-ROM and tapes only!), and third-party SCSI bus controller options. Since it is unlikely you will be assuaged from your quest to use this particular hardware, you will need to learn about the Q-bus and about configuring Q-bus hardware. Accordingly, please review the existing Q-bus topics here in Ask The Wizard (see below), and please review the VAX hardware information referenced in the FAQ. Some of the related topics include (407), (1149), (1866), and (3232).
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