Subject: Re: [ot] Netbooting VMS Install
To: meltie <meltie@meltie.com>
From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@uranium.vaxpower.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/09/2003 16:04:57
you can use any disk, not just a dec disk. for vaxstations, some have 
>1gb issues when booting, otherwise any disk should work. 
isildur

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, meltie wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 Jul 2003 11:49 am, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 09:41:04AM +0100, meltie wrote:
> > > Yep, thought as much. Any ideas as to how I could do it then? I've got a
> > > 4000/200 with a probably-dead tk70 and a few DSSI disks in, no SCSI card
> > > for the machine. I have boxen with various nixen around, and a DEC SCSI
> > > CDROM.
> >
> > Get a VAXstation or an other VAX with SCSI on board. Install VMS on it
> > and use it as bootserver for the 4000/200 (or create a cluster from the
> > two machines).
> 
> Ah, but I don't want to wipe the NetBSD i've already got on any other VAXen 
> around. Looks like i've got to go shopping for another RZ disk then...
> 
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