[Info-vax] installing vms 7.3

[JohnF]

Edwin Rhodes <piesoftwareinc at freenetname.co.uk> wrote:
> smithfarm said:
>> 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
> ed

I've done this several times. You can use the instructions at
 http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/vax_kit.pdf
See Section 4 for the explicit instructions.
Briefly...
Suppose your cdrom is dka400: and your disk is dka200:
Then power on the vaxstation and, hopefully, get the >>> prompt.
Then
 >>> b dka400
to boot the cd, and you'll get the ususal Enter date and time, etc.
When you get to the vms $ prompt, enter
 $ backup/image dka400:vms073.b/save dka200:
That'll take some 10 minutes, depending on cd drive rrd42,43,whatever.
Then you'll be asked press F5 on the terminal keyboard to halt the
system and get back to the >>> prompt.
Then
 >>> b dka200
to boot from your disk that you just installed vms on.
You'll get asked lots of questions, e.g.,
 o the volume label is ovmsvaxsys
 o the cdrom drive is, as per our assumption, _dka400:
   (type that with the leading _ and trailing :, or you won't be happy)
 o pretty much answer Y to all the rest, using your own judgment.
And you can probably begin to figure out the rest from there.
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j at f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )