MMJ to Serial adapter arrived today, and I now have console access via 
minicom on a Linux PC.
DKA100 is inside the MicroVAX and DKA200 is in the StorageWorks. Neither 
is straightaway bootable.
What is the recommended way to recover from "FILNOTCNTG" error?
KA47-A V1.2-343-V4.0
08-00-2B-2D-FF-39
24MB
?? 001?? 9??????? NI? 0172
?? 100? 10????? SCSI? 0034
 >> sh dev 
 ? VMS/VMB????? ADDR????? DEVTYPE??? NUMBYTES???? RM/FX??? WP 
DEVNAM????? REV
 ? -------????? ----????? -------??? --------???? -----??? -- 
------????? ---
 ? ESA0???????? 08-00-2B-2D-FF-39
 ?????????????? A/0/0
 ?????????????? A/0/1
 ?????????????? A/0/2
 ?????????????? A/0/3
 ?????????????? A/0/4
 ?????????????? A/0/5
 ?????????????? A/0/6
 ?????????????? A/0/7
 ? DKA100?????? A/1/0???? DISK???????? 1.05GB????? FX RZ26L?????? 440C
 ? DKA200?????? A/2/0???? DISK???????? 2.10GB????? FX RZ28??????? 442C
 ?..HostID..??? A/6?????? INITR
 >> b dka200 
-DKA200
?43 FILESTRUCT
 >> b dka100 
-DKA100
?47 FILNOTCNTG
 >>
>> help 
 ? BOOT [/[R5:]<bflg>] [<ddau>[:]]
 ? CONTINUE
 ? DEPOSIT [{ /B | /W | /L | /Q | /A }] [{ /P | /V | /I }] [/G] [/U] 
[/N:<n>]
 ????????? [{ <addr> | <sym> | + | - | * | @ } [<datum>]]
 ? EXAMINE [{ /B | /W | /L | /Q | /A }] [{ /P | /V | /I }] [/G] [/U] 
[/N:<n>]
 ????????? [{ <addr> | <sym> | + | - | * | @ }]
 ? FIND [{ /MEMORY | /RPB }]
 ? HALT
 ? HELP
 ? INITIALIZE
 ? LOGIN
 ? REPEAT <cmd>
 ? SET BOOT <ddau>
 ? SET BFLG <bflg>
 ? SET DIAGENV <1-3>
 ? SET FBOOT <0-1>
 ? SET HALT <1-3>
 ? SET KBD <0-15>
 ? SET MOP <0-1>
 ? SET PSE <0-1>
 ? SET PSWD
 ? SET SCSI <0-7>
 ? SET TRIG <0-1>
 ? SHOW { BOOT | BFLG | CONFIG | DEV | DIAGENV | FBOOT | ETHER | ERROR |
 ???????? ESTAT | HALT | KBD | MEM | MOP | PSE | SCSI | TRIG }
 ? START <addr>
 ? TEST [/UTIL] <devnam | devnbr>
 ? UNJAM
 ? X <addr> <cnt> ...
 ? ?
On 3/27/20 5:13 PM, Dan B wrote:
  mine was dead a few times in the last 10 years, all i
did is letting
 it plugged in and a week later came back up ... 
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