[Info-vax] V/I64 R/W USB mass storage boot support?

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In article <965da30d-d1b3-48df-bf13-8f166e737296 at du8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, Rod <rregier at dymaxion.ca> writes:
>Is there a way to configure OpenVMS/I64 so it can perform a boot
>from a R/W USB mass storage device?
>
>I can successfully clone the 8.4 O/S optical disk to the candidate USB
>device
>(BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY), and boot the result on an RX2600.
>
>When I replicate the same clone process using a production OpenVMS/I64
>V8.4 R/W
>disk as the source, theUSB  boot fails with a bugcheck partway thru
>the OpenVMS startup.
>
>Is there something configurationally obvious I'm missing, or am I
>simply
>doomed to problems because of the rudementary support for USB devices
>in OpenVMS/I64?
>
>Having the ability to boot from "normal" OpenVMS images via USB
>would open up many lower-cost recovery capabilities.

Hmm... I remember Forrest booting a system from a Flash Drive.  I'll 
give it a try here.  I don't see why you shouldn't be able to do so
if Forrest could do it.


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