Well, I already have one built into my DS3100.  That is the reason I was
asking.  How would I go about making a bootable pmax floppy?  Plus I have
no idea how to boot the pmaxcd.iso from the 3100 or 5000/200 PROMs.

Sorry about the subject.  I will not do it again.

Vance Dereksen
The Ancient Arcane Society of People Who Kick Ass

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Toru Nishimura wrote:

> > Is there any way to boot a DECstation 3100 off of a floppy?  Or two
> > floppies?  Is there a problem booting a DECstation 3100 or a DECstation
> > 5000/200 off of a CD-ROM?  Thank you.
> 
> Booting off from FD is not a good way to go.  There is a SCSI floppy
> drive on earth, and DS3100 or DS5000/200 may be available to boot
> themself from it.  The issue is SCSI drive is a rather hard item to
> find.  BTW, putting a sole word help on Subject: is not a fine idea to
> gather helps effectively.
> 
> Tohru Nishimura
>