27 Sep
2000
27 Sep
'00
10:27 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: VAXStation 4000 VLC
fact
Now there is an attitude I like :^) Don't let any
of these bums talk you
into running NetBSD on it :^)
Oh, I've played with *BSD quite a bit (and like it -- it's fairly nice for a
$0/os ;) ) but I've never played with VMS, something that I've always wanted
to do. I may run BSD on it some day, but that would be on another hd ;)
>I have an external 1.3 gig SCSI drive for the SCSI
port,
> an AUI -> BNC transceiver for ethernet... but no console. I'm looking
for
> that cable to go from the serial port to a
terminal. Where can I get
one?
Um, no idea where you can find them, I've found a couple in a junk store.
Of course what I find harder to find is the DB25 plugs that plug into the
cable.
Actually, that's what I need... I don't have an authentic DEC terminal, just
a WYSE that speaks just about everything.
The above URL will give info on installation, and I
got a doc describing
how
to do it with my Hobbyist CD. Also see the OpenVMS
FAQ at:
...
Thanks for the URLs.
> SCSI CD (1X, woohoo!) and an NFS/FTP server. BOOTP is almost set up,
DHCP
> already is. Can the machine come to life with
bootp and tftp? Is it
possible
to install VMS
this way?
You're not going to be able to do it with bootp or tftp. However, the your SCSI CD is only 1x is a good thing believe it or
not, as that
increases
the likelyhood that it will do 512-byte blocks instead
of 2048-byte
blocks.
You must have a CD-ROM that does 512-byte blocks in
order to boot from the
CD.
I've installed Linux on 5 boxen with that beast. It's still faster than
doing FTP installs from my LAN, as the FTP server only has a 4X and it keeps
spinning down ;)
And if nothing else, I should be able to find one at the place where I do
volunteer work (The Full Circle Group -- non-profit computer recycling
group. We take computers from corporations that are upgrading, reformat,
reinstall and give them to schools, individuals, community centres etc).
There's a ton of oddball hardware there. And I've picked up a lot of great
stuff -- $100 worth of SCSI cables, 10 p133 boxen, misc. networking stuff,
several macs and more for the cost of my Saturdays.
Zane
Kevin