Prior to v5.0, VAX/VMS didn?t use LMF, so as Antonio pointed out, you need a license tape.
While I saw these online a few years ago, I didn?t download them at the time, and they
don?t seem to be online anywhere.
Years ago, I got a MicroVAX 3 system running VAX/VMS 4.6 from an RD53. It booted once,
when I went to boot the 2nd time to back it up to a TK50, the RD53 died. :-( End result,
it has OpenVMS 7.2 installed on a RA73 (and hasn?t been booted in nearly 20 years).
Zane
On Mar 6, 2019, at 5:01 PM, BGeezer via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Ok, I got a chance to login and try installing DECnet so I could reproduce the error.
This is the result of
trying to install without a license. VMS by itself does not complain.
If you have not already installed the DECnet-VAX license, then do so now.
After the license has been installed, you should invoke the procedure
SYS$MANAGER:STARTNET.COM to startup DECnet-VAX with these changes.
(If the license is already installed) Do you want DECnet started? [YES]:
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 6-MAR-2019 19:54:08.80 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user DECNET
DECnet starting
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000108
%NCP-I-NMLRSP, listener response - Operation failure
Circuit = UNA-0
%SYSTEM-F-NOLICENSE, operation requires software license
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0000010A
I'll try and extract just the DECnet license and install it on its own and see what I
get.
On 3/6/19 6:07 PM, Brian Roth via cctalk wrote:
> Hello,I have a current hobbyists license for OpenVMS 7.3 and a handful of simulated
VAXen. I wanted to add my simulated 11/780 and 11/782 to my DECnet and wondered if there
was a (legal of course) license workaround to install networking on an older version such
as 4.4. The current PAKS will not work.Brian.
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