3 Apr
2012
3 Apr
'12
8:25 a.m.
set it up then when it's ready, remove any licenses,make the image and then distribute
that,along with instructions on how to add your own license.
it could even auto-start tcp/ip, do the bridging and stuff for novices.
it wouldn't be that hard or is there still a legalities issue with distributing the
image itself?
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:11:58 -0400
From: mcguire at neurotica.com
To:
Subject: Re: Reading VMS backup tapes
On 04/03/2012 08:49 AM, David Riley wrote:
The concept isn't super different; I'm assuming Dave means a zip or
tarball of a premade image and SIMH config file that you can just
run with "vax vms-7.3.cfg" or something.
That's sorta what I was thinking. The legalities would prevent me
from distributing such a thing, though. I'd have to remove my license
and you'd have to install your own (easy to do) before doing anything
with it.
Dave McGuire wrote:
> I don't know your level of expertise with VMS or simh, so please don't
> take this the wrong way, but...if you want to do that and would like
> some help, I'd be happy to help you out. I can put together a
"canned"
> simh VMS installation for something like this in a very short time.
As you know Dave I have very similar problems. I'm very interested in a
"canned" VMS - SIMH Version too...
Like a VMware appliance? Having recently gone through
the process of building VMS from scratch (with copious help from an
online tutorial from Hoffman Labs), it's non-trivial for the uninitiated
Oh c'mon, it's not that tough. ;)
(plus you need to get install media from
somewhere, which took me
about a month from Montagar).
I wish I'd known you needed it! :-/
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA