1 Feb
2018
1 Feb
'18
10:10 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Douglas
Taylor via cctech
Sent: 01 February 2018 17:56
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: VMS 8.4 Alpha Hobbyist disk images
I'm getting an Alphaserver 1000a and wanted to install VMS 8.4 - hobbyist
license from CD.
So, I went to the folder on my PC where I have the 8.4 hobbyist
distribution. There are 3 ISO files; ALPHA084, ALPHA084LP1 and
ALPHA084LP2.
Whilst they may have a ".iso" extension, they are not, strictly speaking
"ISO" files as that implies a file format within the CD.
I believe that these are VMS (ODS) format disks and burning programs that check for ISO
will fail.
I thought I would burn these to CD and up and away.
However, Windows 7
balks and says, 'The selected disc image file isn't valid'.
Is it Windows 7 or is there something I'm missing? Is the CD on the
Try http://www.imgburn.com/
I think that?s what I used...
Alphaserver 2048 byte block size or 512?
I honestly can't remember, but I don't think it matters.
Doug
Dave