Dual-booting my DEC 4000-710 at last!

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu May 30 05:33:16 2002

--- Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net> wrote:
> > 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.

Sound useful... how is that done?

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

Hmm... maybe I'd better try a different brand of media.
 
> > 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?

No... I mean VAX... this is step one - VMS on a box with a CD-ROM.
Step two is to use it to feed my VAX/VMS 6.0 CD-ROMs to a VAX processor
with no CD-ROM, but with Ethernet.

-ethan


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