Dual-booting my DEC 4000-710 at last!

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Wed May 29 23:38:06 2002

> Thanks to a friend around the corner, booting DKA0 now gives me
> AXP/VMS 6.1, and, as before, booting DKC0 gives me Digital Unix 3.2.

Don't forget to switch the os_type between the two. That makes
sure the proper optimized PALcode is used.

> One problem... we tried to put a CD-R of the AXP/VMS 6.1 disc into
> the RRD42 and it didn't like it. Has anyone else had any experience
> with DEC CD-ROM drives and burned media? Do I need to get a different
> drive here? Will a Sun-compatible SCSI CD-ROM drive work in place
> of an RRD42? (in case the 512 byte/2048 byte sector thing is an
> issue).

I've used CD-Rs in an RRD42. In fact, some of the OpenVMS
Source Listings CDs are CD-Rs.

> Thanks again for all who helped recently. I'm one step closer on
> my journey to bring my VAX experience to the end of the 20th C.

You mean VMS experience, don't you?
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
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Received on Wed May 29 2002 - 23:38:06 BST

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