25 Apr
2001
25 Apr
'01
12:45 p.m.
at the $ prompt you are in the cms os. like dos
for every cmd there is help.
h dir
h login
h find
try login
good luck!
To reboot press the button in the back between the kbd and the bnc plug,
brings you back to >>> which is the bios sortof, there too help... or show
devices etc. For manuals etc go to vaxarchive.
nice machine for netBSD/vax, even runs wscons, multiple consoles etc. no
color graphics support.
at 32mb of memory, its about a 486 style machine in bsd. not too hot!
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kukla" <fruviad(a)coil.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: MicroVAX 3100 booting question...
Newbie here...apologies if this is a stupid question.
Background: I'm a unix-geek who has used VMS in the past, but never
done any VMS administration. Naturally, when I got the opportunity
to possess my own MicroVAX 3100, I leapt at it!
I managed to get a terminal for the VAX and figured out how to boot
it, via "BOOT DKA300" at the >>> prompt. This gave me a boot
sequence
of some sort, terminating in an OpenVMS 6.1 tagline and a "$" prompt.
Unfortunately, once I got to this point, I was at a loss about what
to do next. None of the VMS commands I enter are recognized as valid
commands...they all return the error:
%CLI-W-IVVERB, unrecognized command verb - check validity and spelling
I haven't been able to find anything on the web that tells me what to
do next. I've even left the box running since I booted it last night,
for fear that turning it off will corrupt a mounted filesystem.
Anybody out there know what I'm not doing right, or have a URL that
points to a site for a beginner-Admin of a VMS box?
Thanks...
Peter Kukla