[Info-vax] DEC Multia (UDB) issues

[Bob Koehler]

In article <5e6282a5-3685-438d-8412-614a86dcc0f7 at v2g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> On Aug 22, 10:35=A0pm, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
>> I have mostly I64 systems running. =A0I don't know where to begin with
>> that. =A0Is it even possible? =A0(I haven't ever looked into that either.=
> 
> Obviously VMS isn't supported on Multia anyway. In an Alpha-centric
> setup, clustering the Multia might have been worth some thought, but
> booting an old Multia-compatible Alpha VMS version as a satellite in
> an IA64-centric setup (ie more recent VMS) probably isn't a bright
> idea at all (even if it stood much chance of working).

   IIRC, the only cross-architecture booting that isn't supported is
   VAX - IA64.  Anything else should be a matter of having disk space
   and using cluster_config.com.

   As far as Multia, the issue here is whether the boot ROM and unsupported 
   drivers can handle boot over the NIC using MOP or IP.  (I'm assuming
   Multia can cluster over the NIC via those drivers.)