First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

[Mark J. Blair]

I figured out pre-initializing the tape by trial and error, but now I'm stuck at knowing how to respond when I get the OPCON request for another tape. The system drive has too much data for one tape, but at least I managed to make it through writing one tape.

> On Jun 13, 2015, at 16:46, Jerry Weiss <jsw at ieee.org> wrote:
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> Very good progress.
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> Suggest you initialize and mount the tapes first, then do the backup.  
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> $init mta0:/density=1600  JUN2015
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> $mount mta0: JUN2015
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> Substitute your actual tape device name for mta0: and need to use  /density as applicable.
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> Jerry Weiss, WB9MRI
> jsw at ieee.org
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>> On Jun 13, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
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>>> On Jun 13, 2015, at 14:29, Peter Coghlan <cctalk at beyondthepale.ie> wrote:
>>> Did I say that?
>>> 
>>> I meant:
>>> 
>>> $ spawn /nowait @sys$system:startup.com
>>> 
>>> (sorry)
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>> Aha! Now I understand.
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>> Ok, I have the SYSTEM password reset, and the license pak installed. Next task is to perform backups. First attempt to do that has presented my next learning opportunity:
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>> How do I respond to tape mount requests on the same console where I'm running BACKUP? When I get the request asking whether to create a new tape volume, it doesn't seem to respond to terminal input.
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>> -- 
>> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
>> http://www.nf6x.net/
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