Subject: Re: a little off topic - vms
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/05/1997 01:25:01
Matt Thomas wrote
>
> At 12:01 AM 10/5/97 +0930, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> >I know this is off topic here.... but since it got a little quite on
> >this machine I've started to experiment with my AXPpci system....
> >
> >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).
This is what I sought too, but when I tried to boot it from the
install CD it returned to the console executing a halt instruction.
Looking thru my notebooks this might be related to some hardware
compatibility problem and maybe possibly related to a problem
with the graphics card or the motherboard. I am running my system
using the Diamond Stealth Trio 64 S3 PCI which works fine under WinNT
and Digital Unix...
cheerio Berndt
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Name : Berndt Josef Wulf
E-Mail : wulf@ping.net.au
Sysinfo : DEC AXPpci33+, NetBSD-1.2