Subject: Re: a little off topic - vms
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/05/1997 18:29:51
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Matt Thomas wrote:

> >Does someone know if the AXPpci can be bootstrapped to load
> >OpenVMS?
> 
> NetBSD/alpha and OpenVMS use the same console code.  So if you can
> boot NetBSD/alpha, you can run OpenVMS (on a different disk of course).

Not necessarially. OpenVMS still has to support the machine, as
well. I believe that OpenVMS does not support `noname' Alpha boards
(the Multia and the AXPpci33).

cjs

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