13 Jan
2008
13 Jan
'08
1:47 a.m.
On Sat, 2008-01-12 20:27:53 -0500, Dave Dunfield <dave06a at dunfield.com> wrote:
VAXstation 3100, currently running NETBSD
VAXserver 3100 - Installed hobby version of OPENvms on it.
VAXstation 4000 VLC - Has a full VMS 5.5 installed on it.
Datability VCP300 16-port LAT terminal server (The VLC
appears to load LAT networking when it boots, but I haven't
looked into it further yet)
My immediate concern is that I'd like to make a full backup
of the VMS 5.5 on the VLC, and also attempt restoring it to
another drive. Not quite sure what the best way to go about
this is, and I want to make sure I *DON'T* cause any damage
to it in the process, so I'm looking for someone experienced
in VMS who can give be a bit of advice/guidance.
The VLC is simply SCSI based, isn't it? I wouldn't bother with doing a
file-based backup, just because the SCSI drive will probably be "quite
small" compared to today's drives. Just attach it to some other box
and do a block-copy of the whole drive. That'll create a file of eg.
4GB in size with everything in it, including partitioning and all the
file system(s). Simple to create, simple to restore to this or an
identical drive.
You'd probably do a file-based backup additionally to be able to
restore to a different medium, though.
I found details of the keyboard and mouse protocol in
the back of
a Microvax manual, and have been toying with the idea of building
a small embedded controller to take a PC (PS2) keyboard and mouse,
and emulate the DEC equivalents to the VAX - would anyone else be
interested in this?
That's a nice little fun project, not too hard to implement.
Personally, I do have real hardware (LK201/LK401 keyboard, VSXXX-AA
and -GA mice and even a graphics tablet) that I use with my Linux box
(with a simple adaptor to bring the MMJ11/Mini-DIN plug into the DE9
world, along with the Linux drivers for that hardware.)
MfG, JBG
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