Re: Problem with VMS installation

From: Tom Crabtree (tccrab_at_sunset.net)
Date: 09/17/03

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    Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:48:20 -0700

    Keith:

    <snip>
    > You never answered my question about why you think he "probably" has a
    > broken version. Even if he does, he doesn't need a SCSI CD-ROM to boot it.
    <snip>
    Yes I did.
    Or perphaps you've never read the OpenVMS FAQ:

    <snip>
    ALPHA23. OpenVMS and Personal Workstation IDE bootstrap?

    OpenVMS will boot and is supported on the Personal Workstation -au
    series platforms, though OpenVMS will require a SCSI CD-ROM if the
    Intel Saturn I/O (SIO) IDE chip is present in the configuration --
    only the Cypress IDE controller chip is supported by OpenVMS for IDE
    bootstraps.

    If you have an -au series system, you can determine which IDE
    chip you have using the SRM console command:

       SHOW CONFIGURATION

    If you see "Cypress PCI Peripheral Controller", you can bootstrap
    OpenVMS from IDE storage. If you see "Intel SIO 82378", you will
    need to use and bootstrap from SCSI. (A procedure to load DQDRIVER
    on the Intel SIO -- once the system has bootstrapped from a SCSI
    device -- is expected to be included as part of the contents of the
    DQDRIVER directory on Freeware V5.0 and later.)
    <snip>

    And gosh! Wouldn't you know it? Mr. Jacek does have a MX5 and not a
    GL. Hmmm...
    Lesson here is, not ALL "AU" variants were intended for the VMS market.
      Some were actually sold to people who wanted to use for them for some
    obscure OS called "Unix". Which apparrently is not nearly as fussy about
    IDE widgets. Hmmm...

    <snip>

    > Your advice to rush out and buy more hardware is premature because so far
    > he is not certain what the problem is.

    It is what is necessary to permanently solve the 'problem' with this
    guy's system. If he was technically savvy enough to set up a cluster,
    he probably would have done so, don't you think?

    TomC

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