Hi,

> > I am seeing a very strange problem on my VAX. I have two disks - a four
> > gig (boot drive) and a nine gig (other non-crititcal stuff).
>
> What VAX and drive models ?

VAXStation 4000/60, Seagate ST34371N (no problems), Seagate ST19171W
(problems).

BTW - I forgot to mention that I've tried this with and without softdep.

Thanks,
John Klos