9 Nov
1999
9 Nov
'99
4:19 a.m.
>Hmm, you said XXDP in the title, then you ask
about VAX in the body.
>But no, I don't know of any net-bootable diagnostics for -11's or VAXen.
MDM was netbootable for VAXen via MOP load. MDM was built on the ELN
executice and that was property it had.
:-) You know what I meant though. Basically a test
harness that contains
lots of tests for various subsystems in a VAX. You raise another
interesting question which is, "Was there no way to boot an -11 over the
networK?" I suspect the answer to that is no, there was no way. Too bad DEC
PDP-11s were "net bootable" via MOP protocal though the usual device was
a DUV-11 or serial line. Most of the Qbus -11s had the MOP boot.
Perhaps you are right. It is difficult for me to
embrace VMS as I don't
have the experience with it that I do with other systems (UNIX in
particular but I am more familiar with RSX-11M for example than VMS). I do
have the full set of documentation for VMS though so it would make sense to
pursue this path. And since I've got a "spare" :-) VAX with the VLC its
probably a good point to start.
If you're familiar with RT-11, RSTS, RSX-11 then VMS is a logical
trasistion to the next step without going out to something that is from
the command line very different.
Allison