Re: DSSI Disks

Andrew Ball <[email protected]> Sun, 3 May 2026 17:03:49 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.vax
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  ASB> I notice that ra0 and ra1 are reported as the wrong type of
     > drive (RF31 instead of RF35).

   JB> The names are basically just strings returned from the
     > simulator.  They have no relevance beyond being just a string
     > that you can print out.
     >
     > Size/capacity similarly is reported as what the actual capacity
     > is, without any regards to names.
     >
     > So this is all just cosmetic, and it's a thing that you need to
     > fix in the simulator if you want it to say something else.

    Thanks Johnny (and thanks Michael for the correction).  I'll try
some other disk types to submit a more helpful report to the open-simh
people.  RF71 works:-

ra3 at mscpbus0 drive 3: RF71
ra3: no disk label: size 781440 sectors

-Andrew