Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: RA81 structure problems Message-ID: <2417@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 14:56:10 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.2417 Posted: Mon Oct 8 14:56:10 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 03:49:05 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 25 From: engvax!KVC@cit-vax Well, I don't know if this will fix the problem Mike Iglesias is having, but DEC does distribute VMS maintenance releases for a reason. There are a lot of bug fixes to the DSA drivers in the point releases since 3.4. I know that there are occasional problems going to new versions, but I always put them up ASAP, and in 5 years of heavy VMS experience, I have never had a problem with a new minor release that made me wish I had stayed with an earlier version. I think the thing to do here is upgrade to 3.7 and see if the problem is still there. I think going to new point releases is especially critical if you are running new hardware like DSA disks. There was a problem introduced by 3.6 which made it impossible to dismount and remount disks on a UDA under certain circumstances, but DEC was happy enough to send a patch over the remote diagnostics line well before 3.7 arrived with the fix. That was one case where a point release caused some trouble, but they did fix it without making us wait for 3.7. I guess I just think people should look into maintenance releases for bug fixes and maybe keep their machines more up-to-date. /Kevin Carosso engvax!kvc @ CIT-VAX.ARPA Hughes Aircraft Co.