Step one: VMS fails.

%INIT_IO_DB-F-CFG_DEV_NOT_FOUND, A device on the boot line, or in BOOT_DEV, cannot be found in the config tables.

How to fix: add this into [sysexe]sys$user_config.dat:


device = "Adaptec AIC-7880"
name = PK
driver = sys$pkadriver.exe
adapter = PCI
id = 0x81789004
boot_class = DK
boot_flags = HW_CTRL_LTR, UNIT_0
flags = SCSI, PORT, BOOT
end_device


There. Who needs open source?

It affects all 2.4 and 2.6 kernels since 2001 on all architectures.

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