I get This from the 03XAA OpenVMS Alpha LIB PKG Q4CY03 UPD disk 2.
Is this universal?  Is it any cause for concern?
$ MOU/NOASS/NOWRI/SYSTEM  $2$DKA600 "AXPBINDEC032" JAMCD
%MOUNT-W-HOMBLKBAD, primary home block is bad; backup used
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, AXPBINDEC032 mounted on _$2$DKA600: (ELMX)

In article <OFCD945187.15C79EE1-ON85256DF3.00729902-85256DF3.00735850@metso.com>, norm.raphael@metso.com writes:

:I get This from the 03XAA OpenVMS Alpha LIB PKG Q4CY03 UPD disk 2.
:Is this universal?  Is it any cause for concern?
:$ MOU/NOASS/NOWRI/SYSTEM  $2$DKA600 "AXPBINDEC032" JAMCD
:%MOUNT-W-HOMBLKBAD, primary home block is bad; backup used
:%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, AXPBINDEC032 mounted on _$2$DKA600: (ELMX)

  So long as the CD volume has been completely mounted (and that
  appears the case here), this error has been safely resolved and
  the data recovered from an alternate home block.

  I do not know if this is a universal problem (and this is the
  first report of this I've seen with this distro), though I do
  know we have been making changes in this area of the volume
  structure.  (These changes should not be applicable to this
  disk, however, as these volume structure changes only come into
  play only on OpenVMS V8.1 and later baselevels.  Not here, in
  other words.)

  I have same random errors involving media-level errors, and I
  have also seen cases where the media and the driver were found
  incompatible.  I have also seen errors where some dual-format
  volume software has had problems constructing the ODS file
  system blocks entirely correctly.

  Some obvious questions...

  What OpenVMS version and architecture did you use when mounting
  this media?

  What specific model of CD drive was in use?

  Does this error occur only with this particular CD?

  Have you tried accessing this CD in another CD drive?


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 HOMBLKBAD,  primary home block is bad; backup used

  Facility:     MOUNT, Mount Utility

  Explanation:  The primary home block of a disk is corrupt or unreadable; the
                backup volume is used to mount the volume.

  User Action:  Repair the disk using the Analyze/Disk_Structure utility.