[Info-vax] VMS84*_UPDATE

[Neil Rieck]

On Feb 28, 11:35 am, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)
wrote:
> In article <4d66308... at ns.langstoeger.at>, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER) writes:
>
> >VMS84I_UPDATE V5 is out (while is VMS84A_UPDATE V5 still isn't :-O).
>
> ...but I think, there should be VMS84A_UPDATE:
>
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectI...
>
> SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - CUSTOMER ADVISORY
>
> Document ID: c02720117
>
> Version: 1
> CUSTOMER ADVISORY: VMS84A_UPDATE-V0400: Boot failure on Alpha
> NOTICE: The information in this document, including products and
> software versions, is current as of the Release Date. This document is
> subject to change without notice.
>
> Release Date: 2011-02-15
>
> Last Updated: 2011-02-15
>
> DESCRIPTION
> A new version of Alpha Primary Bootstrap file (APB.EXE) is included in
> VMS84A_UPDATE-V0400, update kit for Alpha. The installation procedure
> for the above kit replaces the APB.EXE on the target disk but does not
> update the target disk.s boot block to point to the new version of
> OpenVMS Alpha primary bootstrap file. This may lead to boot failure or
> boot of the system with an earlier version of APB.EXE on an Alpha
> system.
>
> Boot Block on an ALPHA system disk points to OpenVMS Alpha primary
> bootstrap file (APB.EXE). If the primary bootstrap file is replaced with
> a newer version, the Boot Block has to be re-written to point to the new
> version of primary bootstrap file (APB.EXE). VMS84A_UPDATE-V0400
> replaces APB.EXE but does not update the Boot Block, resulting in boot
> failure or using an earlier version of APB.EXE to boot the system.
>
> SCOPE
> Below is the affected OpenVMS version.
>
> OpenVMS Alpha V8.4 with VMS84A_UPDATE-V0400.
>
> and so on
>
> --
> Peter "EPLAN" LANGST GER
> Network and OpenVMS system specialist
> E-mail  Pe... at LANGSTOeGER.at
> A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist

Time to dust off my notes for sys$system:writeboot.exe

:-)

NSR