Re: Itanium: EFI... no fs0: device

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Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:32:37 GMT

In article <rS6Zc.9226$vd3.7576@news.cpqcorp.net>, hoff@hp.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) writes:
>In article <00A3730C.D4A64680@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>:In article <4134F2E9.5FC2DA79@hp.com>, Forrest Kenney <Forrest.Kenney@hp.com> writes:
>:>
>:> You need to mount the disk on an Alpha system. Then go to the
>:>directory [alpha_tools] and use the alpha_setboot.com (I may have
>:>the name slight off). Dismount the disk and take it back to you IPF
>:>system. Note that if you installed off a CD you should not need this
>:>step.
>:
>:I don't have an alpha that will accept this disk.
>:
>:How do you install off a CD? I need to boot VMS and there's no fs0:
>:device containing the boot strapping procedure.
>
> The fs0 device is the first FAT partition found, and it typically
> contains the EFI loader for OpenVMS. (OpenVMS I64 can have three
> to five disk partitions and one to two FAT partitions on a system
> disk, and the order of the partitions is not necessarily static.)

I still don't understand the FAT partition stuff. Why assume that the
VMS space has any understanding of the Willyworld. The VMSers sure as
hell doesn't.

> What materials do you have on-hand? The OpenVMS I64 distribution
> disk on DVD media? E8.2, specifically? An rx2600 or similar box,
> and the associated disk brick(s)? In other words, what materials
> and what hardware do we have to work with here?

I have a DVD for V8.1. A dual processor rx2600. 2x 36.4GB SCSI.

> If you have the DVD media, I will assume you have booted it and have
> installed OpenVMS I64 E8.2 onto the disk.

I hadn't because I can't find the boot loader on the non-existent fs0:
device.

> If you are working from a network download kit, I have instructions
> for burning the distro to optical media, and some related pointers.
> If you don't have a burner and an optical drive available, you'll
> have to find, configure, and use common SCSI storage.
>
> If you are creating a CD or DVD installation kit, then you need to
> use sys$setboot against the master partition -- before you burn it.

I have DVD burning capabilities on my powerbook. 

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