14 Jul
2004
14 Jul
'04
10:29 a.m.
I have my VAXstation 4000 VLC running to the
">>>" prompt and would
like to boot the hobbyist CD-ROM to install VMS on the hard drive but
I'm having trouble getting the CD-ROM to boot. If I type
'boot dka400'
at the prompt, the CD-ROM spins up and I get the text "-DKA400"
displayed on the console but then I get the ">>>" prompt again. Can
anyone tell me why that would happen? I'm using a NEC CDR-1910A SCSI
CD-ROM drive set to SCSI ID 4.
I'm assuming that you are using a VAX VMS CD and not an
Alpha one :-) (And that it's the OS one and not one of
the layered products ones ...)
Some of the later CDs (V6.1 onwards or so) allow
you to boot to OpenVMS rather than SA BACKUP:
So something like:
B/R5:10000000 DKA400:
may work. If you have another working VMS box
you can verify that the CD you have does indeed
have a [SYS1] root.
"B DKA400:" should have booted SA BACKUP, so
if it didn't are you sure that:
- you used the right CD (what part number and OS version is it)?
- that your CD actually is DKA400: (SHOW DEVICE should help here)
- that your CD supports 512-byte blocks and is configured to do so
(what CD is it)?
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org