< Here's my question: I have a VAXstation 3100, and i'm interested in
<upgrading VMS. Currently it runs VMS 5.4. Since the VAX doesn't have
<a cdrom, and i'm assuming the cost of a DEC CDROM is outrageous (i'm
<15, give me a break.), I was wondering if there is a way to install
It does not have to be DEC. IT does have to be SCSI and capable of
512byte blocks. I have an old Toshiba 2x scsi that works ok for this.
<from a network CDROM drive. Could I setup my Linux box to share it's
<CDROM via NFS? Or is there perhaps any software that would allow this?
<Or am I insane? The questions..
Your not insane but, I think the tools to get from Linux NFS(TCPIP) to VMS
(VMS networks with DECNET unless you have UCX or CMUIP) files-11 are not
there.
The real question is why? VMS 5.4 is fine for a standalone system and
likely kermit is on the machine and if you real lucky CMUIP, that enough to
communicate with the net or other machines.
Allison
Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 22:03:18 BST