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The Question is: I am running an Alphabook 1, with a TKZ62CL attached, at SRM I can correctly see both mka200 as the tape drive and mka201 as the robotics (you can not change the scsi id's on TKZ62's). However once I boot VMS (7.3) I can only see the drive and not the robotics (its not there as mka201 or gka201). sys$loadable_drivers:sys$gkdriver.exe is not present, how should I expect to access the robotics? The Answer is : The OpenVMS Wizard would not expect to see support for a cartridge tape library in this configuration, nor would the OpenVMS Wizard expect to have seen any particular testing of a 3490-compatible series tape library on a third-party portable system such as the AlphaBook series. Tadpole would be a potential source for hardware support information. SYS$GKDRIVER.EXE is present in current OpenVMS Alpha releases. Please determine if it has been reconfigured off the current system disk, and if it and its related support was ever installed. For details on configuring and using the generic GKDRIVER, please see the I/O User's Reference Manual and related materials. For details on configurations with support for the TKZ62 series device, please see the AlphaServer supported options listings -- as should be quite obvious, the OpenVMS Wizard would recommend using a non-portable AlphaServer or AlphaStation system for this configuration (and particularly one with support for the TKZ62 series), and not a Tadpole AlphaBook system. http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/ http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/workstations.html http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/workstations/retired/index.html Some of the generic issues involving SCSI bus and SCSI device (re)configuration are discussed in the OpenVMS FAQ. You will want to investigate the loader software associated with this device, as most loaders will typically have some form of controlling software distributed with the particular device.
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