23 Dec
2001
23 Dec
'01
4:20 a.m.
Oh yes. I have a Toshiba, a PX-43cs Plextor, a Sony, and a couple of
other 512-byte block-selectable drives. None but the RRD-40 will boot
(AND INSTALL) VMS on my Vax. I aquired all these drives trying to solve
this problem. The RRD was the only solution. Oh, and yes, the drives
work. The Toshiba is running on my Sparc, the Plextor on my PC, and the
Sony on my Atari ST.
Regards,
Jeff
In <200112221929.fBMJTCQ03417(a)narnia.int.dittman.net>et>, on 12/22/01
at 01:29 PM, Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net> said:
> 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:
>
> >> 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.
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