Subject: Re: MV3100/76 vs 4000 crates?
To: Paul Thompson <thompson@mail.athenet.net>
From: Michael Kukat <michael@unixiron.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/27/2001 00:04:44
Hi !

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Paul Thompson wrote:
> I don't think the 4000 series has the broken BIOS which requires 1GB or
> lower capacity disks for boot devices.  That would be the main advantage.

I boot my 4000/90 off a 2GB SCSI disk, and my VAX 4000/105A boots off a 4,5GB
SCSI disk. So there is really no problem with capacity. The PROM seems to have
a display problem with disks >8GB, but they seem to work anyway.

...Michael

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