4 Feb
2004
4 Feb
'04
5:22 p.m.
Are you trying to use the Hobbyist V3 CD to install from? I was helping a
coworker install VMS on her DEC 3000, and we couldn't get it to install on
any of the HD's we tried. Finally I pulled out a copy of something like
7.2-2 (Real Compaq CD's), and it installed just fine. One of the two
Hobbyist V3 CD's we had access to wouldn't even boot the DEC 3000.
Zane
The show device command displays the ethernet
connection followed by
the CDROM as..
BOOTDEV=DKA500
ADDR=A/5/0
DEVTYPE=RODISK
NUMBYTES=681.88MB
RM/FX=RM
WP=WP
DEVNAM=CD-ROM
REV=1.1C
and it shows the hard disk as...
BOOTDEV=DKA100
ADDR=A/1/0
DEVTYPE=DISK
NUMBYTES=1.00GB
RM/FX=Fx
WP=
DEVNAM=RZ57
REV=5000
I have actually tried 5 different hard disks: 3 seagate models and 2
original DEC RZ57 drives, but they all end with the same error message
while installing!!! I have proved the 3 seagate disks on a scsi card on
a PC and the 2 DEC drives work OK on a DEC 5000 machine booting up a
copy of Ultrix, so I am pretty sure the problem is not actually with the
disk drives.