[Info-vax] installing vms 7.3

[Edwin Rhodes]

On 2010-11-01 08:27:19 +0000, smithfarm said:

> On 10/31/2010 10:30 PM, Edwin Rhodes wrote:
>> hello i have a cdrom that is supposed to have vms vax 7.3 install on it,
>> i boot the cd and it boots up to a prompt stating "BACKUP"
>> there is no usual install menu, please help i would like to install vms
>> 7.3 vax. i have all the genuine license keys just cant get install media
>> to work, please advise, thanks ed.
>> 
> 
> I used Phil Wherry's instructions, which are available here:
> 
> http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html
> 
> The BACKUP command described by the others can be seen if you scroll 
> down aways. If you're installing on real VMS hardware, you just ignore 
> the part about compiling and configuring SimH. Otherwise it should be 
> very similar, if not completely the same, as installing on a real VAX.
> 
> Phil takes you all the way through setting up a user account. I found 
> his instructions very useful and I still refer to them once in awhile.
> 
> If you don't mind my asking, what are you trying to install VMS on?
> 
> Nathan

installing on a vaxstation 4000/60
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