Diskless VMS install
Glen Slick
glen.slick at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 21:23:24 CDT 2020
One last note for now: If you get the SIMH InfoServer set up and then
boot it with the OpenVMS VAX 7.3 installation CD image attached, the
InfoServer should automount the installation CD and create a disk
service to access the CD over the network. It should also execute the
ISL_SCRIPT.ESS script in the root directory of the CD, which will
create MOP services for the ISL_SVAX_073 and ISL_LVAX_073 initial
bootstrap loader files.
Assuming that you also have the network set up properly in SIMH so
that the SIMH InfoServer can access the physical network of the host
system and is reachable across the physical network from the physical
VAX, you should then be able to follow the OpenVMS 7.3 installation
manual sections on booting from and installing from an InfoServer.
sim> SHOW RZ
RZ 7 units
RZ1 209MB, attached to infoserver.rz24,
RZ24, autosize, RAW format
RZ2 50MB, attached to ag-r7lfa-bs.img, read only,
RZ24, autosize, RAW format
sim> DETACH RZ2
sim> ATTACH RZ2 VAXVMS073.ISO
RZ2: unit is read only
RZ2: 'VAXVMS073.ISO' Contains ODS2 File system
RZ2: Volume Name: VAXVMS073 Format: DECFILE11B Sectors In Volume: 1331200
sim> BOOT CPU
KA41-2 V1.0
F_..E...D...C?..B?..A...9_..8?..7...6...5?..4_..3_..2_..1?..
?? C 0080 0000.0004
?? B 0010 0010.0020
?? 8 0060 0000.0002
? 6 80A1 0000.4001
?? 5 0001 0000.000A
?? 1 00C0 0000.1004
>>> BOOT DKA100
-DKA100
InfoServer 150 V3.5
Copyright (c) 1990 - 1997 Digital Equipment Corporation
%ESS-I-CONFIGDEV, Device configuration complete. 2 devices found
%ESS-I-VERIFY, Verifying DK1:
Enter Password:
Digital Equipment Corporation
InfoServer 150 V3.5
InfoServer> SHOW DEV
Device Device Device Device Dev. Size/ Volume Device
Name State Type Address Record Num. Label Char
DK1: On Hard Disk A/1 409791 UNKNOWN AMD
DK2: On Hard Disk A/2 1331808 VAXVMS073 AME
InfoServer> SHOW PARTITION DK1:
Directory DK1:
Partition Name Used/Alloc Services
-------------------- ----------------- --------------------
BOOT_PARTITION 5000/5008
IS_FUNCTIONS 1/64
ISL_SVAX_073 154/160 Temp MOP
ISL_LVAX_073 176/176 Temp MOP
DK1: has 4 partitions in use. 5408 of 409791 blocks allocated.
Largest contiguous free extent is 402672 blocks.
InfoServer> SHOW SERVICES
Service Name Service Class Disk:Partition
-------------------- --------------- ----------------------
VAXVMS073 [ODS_2] DK2:
InfoServer>
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