Hmmm would like to see that... My latest VAX cd distro is 7.1, but I am
current on the Alpha platform.. must have changed along the way then...
cool.
Bob Lafleur wrote:
> My VMS 7.3 CD for VAX boots to a minimal OpenVMS system booting into
> SYS1 on my MicroVAX, but not in the emulator (SIMH).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Eric Dittman
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 12:09 AM
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: How do VMS Condists work?
>
> > Here's the deal...
> > OpenVMS Alpha cd's will boot up into a minimal OpenVMS system, you can
>
> > exit to dcl and do most commands. OpenVMS VAX cd's will boot only into
>
> > Standalone Backup.
>
> I'm pretty sure the OpenVMS VAX V7.3 CD will boot into a minimal OpenVMS
> system.
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> Eric Dittman
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Received on Thu May 30 2002 - 19:11:04 BST