[Info-vax] DEC Multia (UDB) issues

[MG]

Here's an update.  Now the system starts up, the SCSI errors are still
there, but CDs seem to boot.  I've tried Tru64 V5.1B-6, which to my
great surprise booted up, but only halted because it didn't have the
minimally required amount of memory available (64 Mbyte, I only have
32).  The NVR/TOY battery is reportedly "dead", but I've been told it
isn't the end of the world.

Now there's a new problem: The floppy diskette that I prepared (using 
rawrite V0.7 for Windows) for OpenVMS Alpha V7.2 with the customized
boot image (MLTIAV72.FLP) don't seem to work and I get "No Floppy Disk
In Drive" error printed continuously.  I've used several other floppy
diskettes, but to no avail.  (The strange thing is, the QSBYPASS.SCR
and SRM.EXE files seemed to be read from the FAT-formatted diskette
that I prepared earlier; another step in the Multia VMS installation
process.)

Does this perhaps sound familiar to anyone?

Anyway, is running VMS on the Multia really worth it?  I thought it
would be nice, so I can attach my LK-type keyboard to it and have a
good editor with fully supported key mapping support at my disposal
(the HP IP-KVM I have doesn't recognize the LK properly, which is a
huge pity).

Else I might consider running Tru64, in so far possible (since I have
no PAKs), but then I'd need more RAM...

  - MG