[Info-vax] Tertiary VMB?

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:21:44 -0800 (PST), H Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote:

> TERTIARY_VMB.EXE;1   17-OCT-1991 13:42:03.95
> 
> Total of 1 file.
> 
> 
> So the file does exist, as it does on VAX/VMS V7.2. I didn't start a
> V7.3 machine but I gues it'll be there too.
>
> The purpose of the file is to load all the required VMS files off the
> boot host into local memory of the satellite.

So, what about NISCS_LOAD?

Apparently both TERTIARY_VMB and NISCS_LOAD do the same thing: they boot VMS
into a cluster using Ethernet. If you look at manuals, you will find examples
showing both LANCP using NISCS_LOAD and NCP using TERTIARY_VMB.

The silly thing is that LANCP is newer than NCP but uses NISCS_LOAD that is
(apparently) older than TERTIARY_VMB. Strange crossing, isn't it?

Moreover, which would be the reason to maintain two images that do almost the
same thing (if they actually really do the same thing)?

Thanks,
G.