[Info-vax] Locally mount vms volumes in Linux

[ChrisQ]

gregor.oelze wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I recently started a discussion how to get tcpware on our vms 5.x
> version to work on simh,
> simulated on a spare ubuntu machine.
> 
> There seem to be many problems regarding the licenses and migration-
> problems with the virtual hardware, so I asked myself if it could be
> possible - to mount the available dd-image of the microvax harddrive
> somehow in linux, so we can extract the compiled programs out of the
> vms system and transfer them to the targetmachine via ftp on the same
> host - where simh is running.
> 
> I did some research and just found entires from way back 1995. Is
> there a way to mount the vms image (i understand it is a ods-2
> volume?) on a Linux (f.e. ubuntu/debian) machine without decnet,
> multinet, tcpware or any kind of network?
> 
> best regards
> 
> Gregor Oelze
> 
> PS: The VMS system was running on a Microvax 3100.

I used to run a Microvax II Gpx in the late 80's / early 90's and though
the box has long gone, still have all the cards, Viking scsi controller
and 5.25" 760 meg scsi system disk, which may be rebuilt into a BA23 or
similar box at some stage.

Although the drive is kept dry and spun up from time to time, I wanted a
copy of all the relevant files on the lab server. Eventually found a
utility called "vmscd", which was able to read all the ods2 (?) directories
and allow file copy.

You can probably find it on the web, but if not I can email the source
package, or x86 linux binary...

Regards,

Chris