On  2 Feb, Tom Parker wrote:

> Feb  2 04:02:13 bigvax /netbsd: ra0: drive 0 soft error datagram: unit 0:
> unknown error, format 0x9: data error (uncorrectable ecc) (code 8, subcode 7)
> 
> I've logged 240 such error in the last couple of hours.
> 
> I've got an RD53 on an RQDX3 controller. Are these errors normal?
No. Your drive needs a low level format. If you don't have the MDM tape
you have to get a VAXstation 2000 to format the drive. 

Or use the RA81. More space, more noise, more power dissipation, much
more fun. ;-)

> http://www.carrott.org
I had a look at your machine, nice configuration. 
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