> Hello all, I have a VaxStation 4000 VLC (David I promise I'm going to send
Congrats, it's a great box! It's one of the better VAXen for hobbyist use.
> the Amiga this weekend!) without an OS. I'd love to run VMS on it (I have a
Now there is an attitude I like :^) Don't let any of these bums talk you
into running NetBSD on it :^)
> DECUS membership -- I love free student memberships ;) ) but I have no idea
> how to go about it.
>From the sounds of things your first stop needs to be at:
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/
to order the VAX Hobbyist CD.
>I have an external 1.3 gig SCSI drive for the SCSI port,
> an AUI -> BNC transceiver for ethernet... but no console. I'm looking for
> that cable to go from the serial port to a terminal. Where can I get one?
Um, no idea where you can find them, I've found a couple in a junk store.
Of course what I find harder to find is the DB25 plugs that plug into the
cable.
> Also, are there any FAQs or documents that describe installation? I have a
The above URL will give info on installation, and I got a doc describing how
to do it with my Hobbyist CD. Also see the OpenVMS FAQ at:
http://eisner.decus.org/vms/faq.htm
and the OpenVMS Doc site at:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/
> SCSI CD (1X, woohoo!) and an NFS/FTP server. BOOTP is almost set up, DHCP
> already is. Can the machine come to life with bootp and tftp? Is it possible
> to install VMS this way?
You're not going to be able to do it with bootp or tftp. However, the fact
your SCSI CD is only 1x is a good thing believe it or not, as that increases
the likelyhood that it will do 512-byte blocks instead of 2048-byte blocks.
You must have a CD-ROM that does 512-byte blocks in order to boot from the
CD.
Zane
Received on Wed Sep 27 2000 - 19:05:00 BST