[Info-vax] Looking for NOTES (or a solution to a problem with it)

[Rob Brown]

On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 at 14:35 -0800, Mark Benson wrote:

> I FTP'd that down to my VAX emulator no problem

Did you use binary mode ftp?

     $ DIR/FULL NOTES_CSC025

For each file you should see:

     Record format:      Fixed length ...

If you see "variable length" or "stream" then you probably need to 
transfer the file again, this time being sure to specify binary mode.

Once you have it transferred properly, you should be able to

     $ BACKUP/LIST NOTES_CSC025.A/SAVE

Look for the "Block size" line and note the block size reported 
(about a dozen lines down, and the BACKUP operation will fail shortly 
afterward).  Now

     $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES=(LRL:n,MRS:n,RAT:NONE) NOTES_CSC025.A

where "n" is the block size reported above.

(Your "Unexpected block size" error when you ran the 
RESET_BACKUP_SAVESET_ATTRIBUTES command file is because it did not 
like the block size it found when it did the equivalent of the 
BACKUP/LIST command you did manually.  I suspect a bad file transfer.)

After you do the SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES command, try the BACKUP/LIST 
command again.  This time it should list all the files in the saveset, 
and a VMSINSTAL command should work.

If you can't get a good file transfer from the Netherlands, try 
<ftp://decuslib.com/freewarev70/notes/>.

> I found a place to download the individual Kits from in .ZIP at one 
> time but forgot where it was.  Any ideas?

At <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/freeware/collctions.html> you 
can get zips of the entire CD images.

> Incidentally, would you usually install the CSC or ECO1 kit? I have 
> no clue what either one is...

Presumably the ECO1 kit is an improvement of the CSC kit.  But I 
checked my unused NOTES installation here, DECUSERVE, and Deathrow. 
All report NOTES 2.5, which means either that none of those places 
installed the ECO kit, or else the ECO level is not reported by a 
NOTES> SHOW VERSION command.

hth


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