VMS 8.4 Alpha Hobbyist disk images
Dave Wade
dave.g4ugm at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 12:10:26 CST 2018
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> From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Douglas
> Taylor via cctech
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> Subject: VMS 8.4 Alpha Hobbyist disk images
>
> I'm getting an Alphaserver 1000a and wanted to install VMS 8.4 - hobbyist
> license from CD.
>
> So, I went to the folder on my PC where I have the 8.4 hobbyist
> distribution. There are 3 ISO files; ALPHA084, ALPHA084LP1 and
> ALPHA084LP2.
>
Whilst they may have a ".iso" extension, they are not, strictly speaking "ISO" files as that implies a file format within the CD.
I believe that these are VMS (ODS) format disks and burning programs that check for ISO will fail.
> I thought I would burn these to CD and up and away. However, Windows 7
> balks and says, 'The selected disc image file isn't valid'.
>
> Is it Windows 7 or is there something I'm missing? Is the CD on the
Try http://www.imgburn.com/
I think that’s what I used...
> Alphaserver 2048 byte block size or 512?
>
I honestly can't remember, but I don't think it matters.
> Doug
>
Dave
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