Re: Need a little help moving from a Microvax3900 to VAXstation 4000-90.

....no spares why not try a charon-vax it runs on a standard PC,

http://www.softresint.com/charon-vax/



Jim Agnew wrote:
Dear Group,

We've been running an ancient Microvax 3900 that's still running strong, but
my paranoia says we have no spare parts for it and therefore no disaster
recovery..

We have several VAXstations and RZ disks, so the logical thing to do is to
use standalone backup to copy the system disk to another RA90, then use the
cluster to backup/image the RA90 to a RZ28..

Then, trying to boot off of the RZ28 on the vaxstation, i got the following
errors...

-DKA0
VMB-F-ERR, PC = 00001334
VMB-I-STS, R0 = 00000912

One kind person noted that the DKDRIVER probably is not loaded on the
Microvax, but is needed for boot on the vaxstation... On bumping into
something in the FAQ, a vaxstation 4000-90 needs vms 5.5-2HW to boot, but a
VAXstation 4000-90A only needs 5.5-2, which is what version of vms we have.
Having 3 of these beasties, how can I tell if one of them is a 90A ? I do
have a 4000-60, but besides from having less ram, i'm back to having no
disaster backup if it goes...

If anyone has any pointers, advice, or whatever, lemme know! Jim Agnew

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Dear Group,<br><br>We've been running an ancient Microvax 3900 that's still running strong, but my paranoia says we have no spare parts for it and therefore no disaster recovery..&nbsp; <br><br>We have several VAXstations and RZ disks, so the logical thing to do is to use standalone backup to copy the system disk to another RA90, then use the cluster to backup/image the RA90 to a RZ28..
<br><br>Then, trying to boot off of the RZ28 on the vaxstation, i got the following errors...<br><br>-DKA0<br>VMB-F-ERR, PC = 00001334
<br>VMB-I-STS, R0 = 00000912<br><br>One kind person noted that the DKDRIVER probably is not loaded on the Microvax, but is needed for boot on the vaxstation...&nbsp; On bumping into something in the FAQ, a vaxstation 4000-90 needs vms
5.5-2HW to boot, but a VAXstation 4000-90A only needs 5.5-2, which is what version of vms we have.&nbsp; Having 3 of these beasties, how can I tell if one of them is a 90A ?&nbsp; I do have a 4000-60, but besides from having less ram, i'm back to having no disaster backup if it goes...
<br><br>If anyone has any pointers, advice, or whatever, lemme know!&nbsp;&nbsp; Jim Agnew<br>


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