Back to booting that MicroVAX...

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed May 2 22:28:46 2001

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>


>> MicroVAX 3100/20e...I couldn't get it to boot, except into Standalone
BACKUP
>> mode. When the box boots, it reports that it's finding the tape
drive,
>> DKA300, and DKB200.
>>
>> I tried Eric's suggestion, but no luck. My guess is that I need to
get
>> the OS on TK50 tapes and find out whether the 2nd disk is even alive,
but
>> I have no idea where to get VMS on tape. I've been playing with intel
>> hardware for years, but this is the first time I've ever experimented
with
>> VMS.
>
>I don't know where to get VMS on a TK50 at a reasonable
>price, but if you have a CDROM drive you can order the
>OpenVMS Hobbyist CD Media from www.montagar.com/hobbyist/.


Anyone with the cdrom can cut a tape if they have a TK50 as there is no
real
restriction on where the media containing VMS install comes from.
However
it will likely be several tapes.

Am alternate method is to clone the disk (use backup/image) and send
the disk (RZ25 is plenty big enough). Or the Cdrom can be copied to an
inited RZ25 and the install done from there (you need two drives).

The 3100 owner will have to get his own license packs, thats a matter
of joining DECUS or their new name Encompass.

Allison
Received on Wed May 02 2001 - 22:28:46 BST