[Info-vax] MicroVAX 3100-30 - won't boot...

[FrankS]

On Dec 31, 8:38 am, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On some newer (Alpha) systems, if you choose the
> wrong serial port, then you may get some messages, but
> eventually the system starts talking to only the right port,
> so a terminal on the wrong port looks dead.  (I've never tried
> using the wrong port on an old VAX.)
>

If he was on the wrong port then he wouldn't get the POST display
(which he references in the original message).

I'm more inclined to believe either an incompatible CD-ROM drive, or a
bad burn of the CD image.  Many times in the past I've seen copies of
CD-ROMs not work in certain drives.  Something about not properly
closing the image.

Better to use original media.

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