[Info-vax] USB DVD OpenVMS 8.3-1H1 install to RX2600

[dooleys at snowy.net.au]

On Jan 5, 12:18 pm, s... at obanion.us wrote:
> I thought I would post this success, since I see a lot of problems in
> other posts.
>
> This is one of the $200 RX2600 with MP from EBay with 10 GB Memory and
> no DVD or SCSI drives.
>
> I reset the MP with the button on the back, and used the ARP and PING
> method to initially assign an IP address for TELNET access. Once I
> could connect, I then defined the same IP address as part of the MP
> network configuration.
>
> I did firmware upgrades through the MP and EFI via USB thump drive:
> first to MP 2.29, then the EFI to 2.31 (includes System 02.31, BMC
> 01.53, and iLO MP E.03.30), and finally the iLO MP to 3.15. Note that
> the name changed from merely MP to iLO MP.  In all cases I brought the
> firmware upgrades down through an HP web page to my Macintosh
> (PowerBook, OS X 10.5.6), unzipped it, and copied it's contents to a
> FAT formated USB thumb drive.
>
> My initial attempt to install OpenVMS 8.3-1H1 from a USB DVD failed
> after the VMS banner was displayed and the drive went into mount
> verify which it never (20 minutes) came out of.
>
> I ordered a Pioneer DVD burner (DVR-K17 slimline ) ...
>
> I thought about the original USB connection, with two USB cables to
> get from the back of the RX2600 to my desk ... and decided that I
> should try a powered USB hub in the middle: SUCCESS!!!  There are four
> USB connectors on the RX2600: this used the upper of the two that are
> vertically aligned, if that makes any difference. I installed to a DEC
> RZ1CB-CA 4GB SCSI drive out of my AlphaServer 800 after changing to
> the drive sled that came with the RX2600.
>
> The DVD drive is from Other World Computing (OWC), which I bought for
> my Macintosh.  I'm guessing that the Vendor ID is the bridge (IDE to
> USB 2.0 & Firewire 400).
> As viewed by my Macintosh:
>
> OWC Mercury Removable:
>
>   Product ID:   0x0061
>   Vendor ID:    0x0dc4  (Macpower & Tytech Technology Co., LTD.)
>   Version:      0.01
>   Speed:        Up to 480 Mb/sec
>   Manufacturer: Other World Computing
>
> PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-109:
>
>   Firmware Revision:    1.58
>   Interconnect: USB
>   Cache:        2000 KB
>   Reads DVD:    Yes
>   CD-Write:     -R, -RW
>   DVD-Write:    -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
>   Write Strategies:     CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
>
> Sean
A bit late for you, but it should also be possible to boot these
from an infoserver or using a virtual dvd (vMedia), see this
http://docs.hp.com/en/BA322-90077/apcs01.html#prov-vmedia
Phil