Guardian Procedure Errors and Messages Manual
Recovery Reset the write-protect switch to allow writes.
136 (%210) Disk unit ownership error (dual-port disk).
(device type: 3)
Cause This error can occur for the following reasons:
• The driver tried to take ownership of the drive through the controller, and the attempt failed.
• An incorrect controller address was passed to the disk process.
Effect The disk process automatically retries.
Recovery If the automatic retry is not successful, retry the operation yourself.
137 (%211) Controller buffer parity error.
(device type: any except 2)
Cause A parity error occurred in the controller buffer.
Effect The procedure sets the error code and returns without performing the requested operation.
Recovery Notify your system operator.
138 (%212) Interrupt overrun; a device interrupted
the processor before the software could
respond. (device type: any except 2)
Cause The device interrupted the processor before the software responded.
Effect The procedure sets the error code and returns without performing the requested operation.
Recovery Wait, then try again. If retries do not succeed, notify your system operator because a
disk drive might go down.
139 (%213) Controller error; internal diagnostic failure.
(device type: any except 2)
Cause The controller failed its internal diagnostics.
Effect The procedure sets the error code and returns without performing the requested operation.
Recovery Notify your system operator, or contact your service provider.
140 (%214) Modem error (communication link not yet
established, modem failure, momentary loss
of carrier, or disconnect) or FOX link to an
EXPAND line handler is down. (device type: 6, 7,
10, 11, 12, 59, 60, 61, 63)
Cause The specific meaning of this error depends on the subsystem that returned it. Causes can
include:
• The communications link is not yet established
• A modem failure occurred
• A momentary loss of carrier occurred
• The modem or link is disconnected
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