[Info-vax] Making a VMS 4.0 Install Tape

[Robert Jarratt]

>> When you say "does not boot" can you specify ? Based on my
>> understanding, the early portion of VMS purrs along using the hardware
>> drivers and eventually loads its own drivers. Not sure how VMS behaves
>> if it doesn't have its own driver for a type of hardware.
>>
>
> I'll have to go back to check what the problem was, I can't remember now 
> and I am currently trying the SIMH approach using the 780 simulator.
>

Here is what I did on my MicroVAX 3100 Model 80 with the 4.6 REQUIRED 
saveset:

MOUNT/FOREIGN DKA200:
BACKUP/IMAGE REQUIRED. DKA200:

Here is what happened:

>>> b dka200


-DKA200
  83 BOOT SYS

-DKA0
%SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping the SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
%SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT SYSDUMP.DMP on System Disk successfully mapped
%SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping PAGEFILE.SYS on the System Disk
%SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT SAVEDUMP parameter not set to protect the PAGEFILE.SYS
   OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version V7.3     Major version id = 1 Minor version id = 
0


I.e. it ignores the system on DKA200 and just goes to boot DKA0.

I did the same restore on the SIMH VAX 780 and it booted up fine.