[Info-vax] cannot boot OpenVMS 8.2 on HP zx2000

[Steven Schweda]

On May 5, 6:11 am, Hans Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
> On May 3, 9:20 pm, Heuser <vax... at chemie.uni-konstanz.de> wrote:

> > You have to use the IDE-cable for the hard disk drive instead of the
> > cable for the optical drive.

> Could you elaborate on that Eberhard?
> I have no Itanium (yet ;-) so am not familiar with the platform.
> The way I read your suggestion, a hard drive in an Itanium has two
> interfaces,
> a copper IDE and a fiber (IDE?) one?

   No, there are two IDE/ATA interfaces in a zx2000.  One
cable is labeled "optical", the other "hard".  VMS likes only
the one labeled "hard".  If your optical drive is connected to
the "optical" cable, then the firmware can get the boot
started, but VMS itself can't find the disc.  If your optical
drive is connected to the "hard" cable, then the firmware and
VMS can both find it.

   It's not a supported system, so there may be a few extra
quirks.