Hi,
I just rescued a Vax cluster, with two 4000/500 processors and a
R400X enclosure with DSSI drives in it.
I'm a newbie to VAXen, but ordered CDROM media for OpenVMS as a hobbiest.
I also successfully fashioned a console cable. So far, if I boot from one
disk, I get a $ prompt, but only with the "backup" command working, and
if I boot from another I get tons of boot-up messages, but no console
login prompt once the thing seems to be up.
I'd like to find four DSSI terminators, so I can run one or the other
processor, either with internal disks or the R400X, without having to
have this set up as a cluster.
I'm also looking for some other SCSI controller. The one in this system
is the KZQSA, suitable for installing VMS from a CDROM, but incompatible
with NetBSD, and apparently pathetically slow for SCSI hard drives under VMS.
I have no idea where to find either of these items. If anyone has any
suggestions, please let me know.
Mark
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Received on Wed Jun 23 2004 - 21:32:22 BST