Ethan,
> > They're not labeled?
>
> They are labelled with a date and a "x of y". I'm not seeing anything
> that says "Open VMS 6.1" or such.
You almost surely have either the layered products or online
documentation kit. There should be a volume label printed on each disk,
such as VAXBINSEP971 (VAX binaries, Sept. 97, CD 1) or AXPDOCJUN970
(Alpha documentation, June 97, CD 10). The bootable CD for VMS itself is
a single volume, so it won't say "x of y". You are right if you are
looking for one marked "OpenVMS/VAX Vm.n" or "OpenVMS/Alpha Vm.n".
If the kit is still complete, you will have a listing of what products
are on which disk, and which version the kit / doc is.
For Alphas, you may also need to upgrade your firmware to match the VMS
version. For this reason, there is usually a firmware CD contained in
the same box that has your VMS CD. VAXen don't have this layer, so you
can forget about this step. Also, those Alphas that come with an EISA
bus will require a ECU diskette (EISA Configuration Utility).
--
Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
Received on Tue May 28 2002 - 14:47:06 BST