On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 10:33, Bob Lafleur wrote:
> Andreas,
>
> I know how to boot a CD-ROM in a VAX. I've got the VMS 7.2 hobbyist, VMS
> 7.2 regular distrib, and VMS 7.3 regular distrib, and when I boot them
> all, I just go into standalone backup. I thought maybe there was some
> "trick" I didn't know about to boot into a regular VMS system.
>
> - Bob
>
Parts of my brain is saying "use an alternate root", but I'm not sure
where that came from...
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Andreas Freiherr
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:20 AM
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: How do VMS Condists work?
>
>
> Bob,
>
> to PC users, this may sound like I am joking, but I am serious: to boot
> VMS from CD, you do the same things you would do with any other disk
> (isn't this what abstraction layers are good for?): assuming that your
> CD ROM drive is DKA400 because you selected SCSI ID #4, you will insert
> the disk and issue the command
>
> >>> BOOT DKA400
>
> at the console prompt. That's it! - No magic with a special BIOS that
> would need to support SCSI or CD booting or other wizardry.
>
> A VAX can even be booted directly from tape, but this will normally take
> you into the standalone backup (S/A backup), a reduced functionality
> operating system that is only made for restoring backups in cases where
> no other operating system is available for use. Alphas do not have this
> feature any more.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>
> Bob Lafleur wrote:
> >
> > > I believe that the VAX V6.1 CDs were the
> > first ones that could be booted directly
> > into OpenVMS (rather than just being
> > able to boot S/A BACKUP to restore
> > the .B saveset).
> >
> > How does one go about booting the CD directly into OpenVMS?
>
> --
> Andreas Freiherr
> Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany http://www.vishay.com
Received on Wed May 29 2002 - 10:47:38 BST