>Speaking of which, what would it take (DCL script, binaries, etc.) to
>move older VMS distros (VMS 5.5-2 comes to mind) from magtape to CD-ROM
>for installation on those platforms that have one but not the other.
5.5 is available on CD, it's just not easy to get.
>I have a box of VMS 4.x and VMS 5.x magtape and standalone TU58s and
>RX50s. I want to create a CD-ROM that acts like a VMS 6.1 CD for
>installation under, say, simh. I know I can extract saveset files, etc.,
>to install VMS under simh. I want to package the savesets in a
>more modern fashion and save a step or two at install time.
>
>Is this possible? I have a SCSI CD-R drive (Smart & Friendly 2006, a
>rebadged Sony 926) and SCSI magtape on an AXP/VMS box. I presume
>there is a version of cdrecord for VMS, or an equivalent. Is there an
>ODS-1 or OSD-2 equivalent of mkisofs for VMS? Does there have to be?
What you want instead of mkisofs is something called the "Logical Disk
Driver", IIRC. That allows you to create a CD sized ODS-2 logical disk
that you can copy stuff onto. Somehow you'd need to get Standalone Backup
installed on that logical disk. Then copy all the savesets from tape to
disk.
Actually on second thought this would probably be easiest on a SCSI based
VAX with an RZ25. Get the RZ25 setup the way you want (getting Standalone
Backup on it wouldn't be any problem), copy the images, and then pull the
RZ25 and stick it in a Linux box and 'dd' it off to an image file and write
the image file to CD-R. This is basically what I do with the PDP-11.
Zane
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