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

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <72986754-d4a7-4612-8d96-a7ec6ffdc25e at d34g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> writes:
>On Nov 7, 6:06=A0am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> To all following this thread, I received an email from Forrest Kenney.
>> Over many years, Forrest had helped me out immensely with the terminal
>> drivers and, later, USB. =A0Forrest is still a brilliant VMS resource. ;)
>>
>> Quote Forrest (from private email):
>>
>> |OK, I knew that that it had been slipped in by Fred a parting gift on
>> |his way out. =A0I only have read only access to comp.os.vms. =A0Can you
>> |post a note saying the official position is that USB booting is only
>> |suppoted for the systems that have USB DVD's. =A0That is it and no one
>> |will lift a finger to help beyond that. =A0There is no magic required to
>> |boot a VMS system off a USB pen drive or disk drive. =A0You need to back
>> |up a working system to the device and make sure that the boot block
>> |gets updated. =A0That is it, for DVD's you have to set the sysgen
>> |paramter write lock sys to boot.
>> |
>> | =A0 =A0If it hangs in the boot in mount verify the run time drivers are
>> |having a problem with the device, there is a complex dance that
>> |happens to determine data about the disk. =A0In fact Fred rewrote much
>> |of it about 12-16 months ago to make it work with more devices. =A0That
>> |code should be in recent patch kits.
>> |
>> | =A0 =A0 But if that does not help they will get nothing out of HP there
>> |is no one home who understands how it all works. =A0There is a complex
>> |set of steps and interlocks that all have to go correct to boot off a
>> |USB mass storage device any one messes up and you hang or crash. =A0It
>> |took me weeks to make it all work the first time and even then it was
>> |fragile.
>> |
>> |Forrest
>>
>> So there you have it folks!
>>
>> --
>> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker =A0 =A0VAXman(at)TMESIS(=
>dot)ORG
>>
>> All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
>> All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.
>
>"there is no one home who understands how it all works"
>
>If that isn't the de-facto statement about HP these days it certainly
>should be.

I was drinking my favorite Irish black nectar last evening when I read
that and I nearly spit a mouthful (sacrilege) on my laptop laughing.  I
have to agree with you that it more than sums up Hopelessly Pathetic.
-- 
VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker    VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG

All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.