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

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On Mar 28, 12:08 pm, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert Jarratt wrote:
> > I am trying various ways to boot my MicroVAX II. I am currently unable to do
> > this using MOP because 7.3 does not support DEQNA. So I am now trying
> > standalone backup using TK50. I created the kit on another machine running
> > 7.3 and put it into the MicroVAX II. After a while I got:
>
> > %SYSBOOT-F-PFN allocation overwrites CI ucode.
>
>    How much memory is in that thing?  (Not enough for VMS
> V7.3?)

I have a VAXstation 2000 with 12megs with VMS 7.3 running so memory
should not be a issue. One way is to
look at the memory boards in the system. As I recall the M7622 was a
16 meg board and the M7621 was 8 megs.
Didnot most MicroVAX II come with 16megs. If your VAX II was in a
BA200 box I would offer you a DESQA.

>    The mu-VAX II console is so lame that I'm not sure if it
> can tell you easily.  Later models had a SHOW MEMORY command.
> Without the MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor software, I don't know
> how to do it, other than inspecting the hardware.
>
> > This seems to be related to SYSGEN parameters essentially requesting too
> > much memory. Is there a way to generate a standalone backup kit on another
> > machine such that I can avoid this issue?

Never had SYSGEN problems when booting or installing VMS. It seems
SYSGEN problems
came after.
good luck
ed
>    Issue?  Is that anything like a _problem_?
>
>    Perhaps, if you have another system running some older,
> smaller version