[Info-vax] Trying to boot a MicroVAX II with VMS 7.3

[Robert Jarratt]

"Steven Schweda" <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:b23522c6-34d3-44f1-8d23-5a46f21c7fee at z15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> JF Mezei wrote:
>
>> SYSGEN> SHOW/CONFIG will give you what devices are found on your QBUS
>> and their CSR/Vector info.
>
>   Or what someone thinks they are.  An actual physical
> inventory, showing what's where, would probably be more
> valuable.  (Easier to get, too, in a situation where the user
> can't run SYSGEN, because he can't boot VMS.)
>
>> [...] All I have in there now is the CPU, two memory boards,
>> a tape controller, disk controller, serial controller and a
>> DEQNA.  [...]
>
>   Interesting, but actual M-numbers and bus-slot positions
> would be more useful.  A Web search for "qbus serpentine"
> should find multiple guides for the Q-bus grant continuity
> pattern.
>
>> [...] RD53 [...]
>
>   Too bad.  An RD54 is not only bigger, but, in my
> experience, more likely to be still alive.
>
>> [...] much faster method than booting from a TK50 [...]
>
>   But booting from a TK50 builds character.  And encourages
> exploration of fine literature.
>
>   Booting an MDM tape could be educational, too.


I have tried MOP booting standalone backup but I get the same problem with 
an SCB/Machine Check error when running NISCS_LOAD.EXE; this is almost 
certainly because I have a DEQNA which is not supported by VMS 7.3.

I have the MDM files but I am not sure I know how to make a boot tape out of 
them, can anyone tell me how to do this? Would be possible to MOP boot MDM?