> O.K. the good news is that I managed to boot VMS, read all 40
> files from the Ultrix 4.1 boot tape without error (and with
> the right block size :-) and write those files back to a
> TK70 tape without major problems. I know that the tape is
> good and the drive is good. (At least good enough.) And still
> we won't boot. But that means that something is wrong with
> that Ultrix version 4.1. It doesn't work on the VAX 6400.

This is quite possible - I don't
have an SPD for Ultrix but I do
know that support for the later
VAXen was spotty at best.

Mostly, I guess, because OSF/1
was around the corner and VAXen
stopped being interesting to
that group?

> Fortunately I am in the position of access to sources that

Then you can check for KA64 support ...


> Another alternative is to set up an "InfoServer"
> VAX station with a CD ROM and an Ultrix CD of a
> post 4.1 version. Is this something someone has available?
> May be in the area or something one could set up
> accessible through the Internet (a 36 kbps modem line,
> ahem...) Once I have Ultrix up on one machine I can
> help others to do the same. If not by writing a boot
> tape by ...

Leaving aside the inadequacy of booting
over a 36K line :-), remember that infoserver
access uses a non-routed protocol: you have
to be on the same extended LAN as the
infoserver (IIRC). On the plus side,
I can personally vouch for the VAX 6000's
ability to boot from an Infoserver!

Antonio