Mounting CD in VMS

[Robert Gezelter]

shashi,

Since one of the earlier posts in this thread mentioned that this is a CD-RW, please make sure that the CD has been closed.

Some packages (particularly on Windows platforms) permit CDs to be used before they have been closed.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[shashi kanth]

$ SHOW DEVICE /FULL DNA0

Disk HYDRA$DNA0:, device type TEAC DVD-ROM DW-224EV, is online, file-oriented
device, shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

Error count 0 Operations completed 2870
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,W
Reference count 0 Default buffer size 512
Total blocks 4816 Sectors per track 8
Total cylinders 76 Tracks per cylinder 8

$

[Hoff]

I'm *very* familiar with using and abusing and integrating these CD and DVD drives with OpenVMS.

****NEVER**** assume CD nor DVD compatibility.

Stop pounding your head against a wall. If you're tried this a few times and it doesn't work, try something else.

Your DVD drive is incompatible, or the OpenVMS USB drivers are broken. Either (or both) are possible here.

Use a different drive.

Use different media.

Use the virtual DVD stuff and/or use InfoServer.

Use a memory stick. (Scrounging up information on FAT readers and FAT tools as needed, and particularly if you're swapping between OpenVMS and Windows.)

Use another drive, and copy in the disk, and swap the drive brick.

Again: ****NEVER**** assume CD nor DVD compatibility.

Just because it works on one platform does NOT mean the drive will work on any other.

And the IDE to USB adapters ("bridges") that are used on various of the USB drives are as much a problem area as the IDE ATAPI drives themselves.

If you're not current on your UPDATE patches and any USB/DN patches for OpenVMS I64 V8.3, start there. If this is an HP drive in an HP supported configuration, call HP. Otherwise (and if you're current on patches), try another drive or another approach.

Stephen Hoffman
HoffmanLabs LLC