22 Dec
2001
22 Dec
'01
5:29 a.m.
It would boot off any cdrom pretty much. The problem
came when I tried to
do a restore from the cd's system image. Instant screenfull of greek.
The RRD40 was the only drive I could install vms off of.
I used the different drives to install, too. Have you tried a Plextor?
In
<200112220429.fBM4TRQ01772(a)narnia.int.dittman.net>et>, on 12/21/01
at 10:29 PM, Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net> said:
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Eric Dittman
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> I've got a Vaxtation 4000/60 also! I can
tell you that it is HIGHLY
> unlikely you will find a cdrom drive from which you can install VMS. Mine
> is running VMS 7.2 and NetBSD 1.5.2. After MUCH screwing around I finally
> just went out and got an RRD40 to install systems software.
>I've not had much problems finding drives that will boot a 4000/60. I've
>used an RRD42, a couple of Toshibas, and a couple of Plextors without any
>problems.