Moving VMS

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Sat Sep 22 13:11:02 2001

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
>Now, I've got three functioning VMS 5.5 disks. And we've got a MicroVAX
3100
>without system disks. Would it be possible to just connect one of my
spare
>disks to the SCSI bus on the ?VAX or would the system crash and burn
when it
>couldn't find any graphics hardware and perhaps not the exact same
peripheral
>systems (these are disks from a VAXstation 3100, so they're close
relatives)?


Should not be a problem as I've dont it here.

The better way is to start from a working system with a drive that is
blank
(for use in the target vax) and invoking VMSbuild to create a copy of VMS
on the target disk. Then that target disk can be booted and proceed as
if it was a regular VMSinstall. We used this trick years ago to put VMS
on RD54s to install on new microvaxen (MV-II) faster than using TK50
ot MOP.

Allison
Received on Sat Sep 22 2001 - 13:11:02 BST