2 May
2019
2 May
'19
3:16 p.m.
Hello;
In my quest to try to see what the problem is with my vs/60, I want to
convert it into a networked stand-alone machine, i.e. not use clustering
at all.? What is the easiest way to do this? I still want it to do
DECnet and TCPIP.
Carlos.
2 May
2 May
3:25 p.m.
On 2 May 2019, at 23:16, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello;
In my quest to try to see what the problem is with my vs/60, I want to convert it into a
networked stand-alone machine, i.e. not use clustering at all. What is the easiest way to
do this? I still want it to do DECnet and TCPIP.
Carlos.
The easiest way is to turn clustering off, so if the machine?s running press the HALT
button then from the Dead Sergeant prompt (>>>) do this:
>> B/1 (or B/R5:1)
SYSBOOT> SET
VAXCLUSTER 0
SYSBOOT> C
This will boot as a single node and let you log in assuming your SYSUAF.DAT isn?t on a
clustered drive. If it is add this command after SET VAXCLUSTER 0:
SYSBOOT> SET UAFALT 1
This bypasses the main system authorisation file and lets you log in as SYSTEM with no
password. Usually. The caveat emptor here is if the previous owners also used a SYSUAF_ALT
file in which case it gets a little more complex.
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5:14 p.m.
What version of VMS? Check the startup file (Systartup_v5.com or
Systartup_vms.com) and see what's going on with the system before you
change anything IYAM.
Using the editor you can comment out networking lines if you want to
disable the DECNET commands. See if Multinet is installed, that's an easy
way to create a stand-alone VAX that can connect to the internet.
I can turn on my VAXstation 3100 if you want to check it out, I have it set
as microvax3100.vintagecomputer.net but I don't leave it running if not in
use.
Also, make a backup to the backup drive so you can restore to what it was
originally.
Bill
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 6:25 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2 May 2019, at 23:16, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez
via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello;
In my quest to try to see what the problem is with my vs/60, I want to
convert it
into a networked stand-alone machine, i.e. not use clustering at
all. What is the easiest way to do this? I still want it to do DECnet and
TCPIP.
Carlos.
The easiest way is to turn clustering off, so if the machine?s running
press the HALT button then from the Dead Sergeant prompt (>>>) do this:
>> B/1 (or B/R5:1)
SYSBOOT> SET
VAXCLUSTER 0
SYSBOOT> C
This will boot as a single node and let you log in assuming your
SYSUAF.DAT isn?t on a clustered drive. If it is add this command after SET
VAXCLUSTER 0:
SYSBOOT> SET UAFALT 1
This bypasses the main system authorisation file and lets you log in as
SYSTEM with no password. Usually. The caveat emptor here is if the previous
owners also used a SYSUAF_ALT file in which case it gets a little more
complex.
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
t: @binarydinosaurs f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
w: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
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