I just went through this.
The Montagar site has all you need but the docs that come with the cd are
dense and not very explanatory.
Here is what you need to do.
Get your OpenVMS cd via the online order at Montagar.com. Once you have
it:
The registration is not so intuitive.
Go to Montagar.com and fill out the registration for your software using
your ID given by DECUS with your cd order. Specify VAXVMS or ALPHA. This
will get you your registration info via e-mail in minutes flat but it only
covers the base operating system.
For the other products such as Motif (window manager), you need to go back
to the exact same page and specify "layered products" in the drop-down box
(it only has three options) entering the same information otherwise. You
will receive a much larger e-mail giving you all the info you need to
register the other components.
The e-mail gives you everything you need but does not tell you it does or
how to do it in any plain terms. An Example of this e-mail (details
altered to protect the guilty):
Boot the cd. Usually you will enter "b dka400" or "b dka200". Whatever
the boot device's scsi address is, just multiply by 100.
The Install will begin. You can follow the docs that came with your
openvms cd for this.
Don't bother with the registration dialogs at this point, just answer that
you don't want to right now. The dialogs did not work for me but the
command-line reg did just fine.
Once the operating system is installed, log in as user SYSTEM and enter
what you see to enter below substituting your own code for my altered
ones.
Remember to get the Layered products reg as well or you will have trouble
though I found
$! Usage of this licenses consistutes agreement with all terms of this
Hobbyist $! License Agreement
$!
$ LICENSE REGISTER VAX-VMS -
/ACTIVITY=A -
/AUTHORIZATION=DECUS-USA-freeman-154786 -
/DATE=27-OCT-2001 -
/HARDWARE_ID=cz409027NS -
/ISSUER=DECUS -
/OPTIONS=(NO_SHARE) -
/PRODUCER=DEC -
/TERMINATION=27-OCT-2001 -
/UNITS=0 -
/CHECKSUM=1-QAGH-DECE-FPED-KMHI
What this is saying is to enter at the DCL prompt ($):
"license register vax-vms /activity=a
/autorization=decus-usa-freeman-154786 /date=27-oct-2001
/hardware_id=cz409027ns /issuer=decus /options=(no_share) /producer=dec
/termination=27-oct-2001 /units=0 /checksum=1-qagh-dece-fped-kmhi" OMIT
the QUOTES of course.
Nothing will happen, you will get a prompt. This is good and means that
the product is now registered. If it complains then you missed a character
or something.
For layered products you need to repeat the process for each of them using
the codes provided in the second e-mail.
I have to say I have found the process counter-intuitive but express my
thanks to DEC for thier largess nevertheless. Data General never gave me
more than the time of day and I had to enter that myself. ;-)
>Obviously it's not that clear on the montagar site. Try montagar.com.
>Allison
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Received on Fri Oct 27 2000 - 21:52:22 BST