Fred,

Have you verified that this CD player in fact can boot on this 
computer?  What's the model number?  Is it set for 512K block
size?

My trusty test is to keep a copy of the OpenVMS 7.2CD about.
Anything that works will boot that.

Is the "Wasabi" CD advertised as Vax-bootable?

Doug


On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 Fred_deBros@etherdome.mgh.harvard.edu wrote:

> VMS ignorant here:
> 
> Installed a plextor cd and second hdd on that box
> 
> >>>SHOW DEVICES
> 
> dka200 (the VMS 6.2 bootable hdd)
> dka300 (the cdrom)
> dka400(the new hdd)
> dka700 (the floppy)
> 
> alls scsi id's correct
> 
> >>>BOOT DKA300
> 
> Insert the Wasabi netBSD into the CD
> 
> nothing! No whirring no humming no blinking lights
> 
> when I eject the cd:
> 
> ?4D DEVOFFLINE
> ?06 HLT INST
>         PC =00000B51
> 
> >>>
> 
> 
> 
> or:
> 
> ?4D DEVOFFLINE
> 84 HALT
> >>>
> 
> 
> What do I do wrong?
> 
> Fred
> 
>