[Info-vax] Hobbyist - CD iso

[JohnW]

Thanks Bill, I just wanted to confirm that it is possible to achieve a 
bootable copy.   I tried  CDBurnerXP with the same result.

So I thought I would try the burned CD's on a real Alpha with a real CD drive
( RRD46 )  and they all booted OK  :-)

I am running several Alpha emulators on my laptop with a DVD drive
and this appears to be the problem.  ( HP DVD A DS8A5LH 1H68 ).

The solution is to back/image the CD to a vdisk and use that to boot off,
then build V84 to the target system-disk vdisk. ( Also boot the iso image is 
another solution ).

Thanks for your help.
Best regards,
John Welsh.
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>> Bill Pedersen <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> on 21-Mar-12 wrote:
>> 
>> Many people have burned the ISO to CD and/or DVD, depending on their
>> requirements.
>>
>> At least one individual found CDBurnerXP (http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home) 
>> to  be useful.
>>
>> Bill Pedersen
>> CCSS - Computer Consulting System Services, LLC
>> 211 Ruth Drive
>> Gaffney, SC 29341
>> Telephone: 864-490-8863
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>>
>>
 -----Original Message-----
 From: info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On
 Behalf Of JohnW
 Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:30 PM
 To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
 Subject: [Info-vax] Hobbyist - CD iso
 
 
 Hi all,
 
 Has anyone had any success burning the V8.4 CD iso to a CD ?
 
 I have tried both  Nero Express and ImgBurn and haven't succeeded in 
 getting the CD to boot on several emulators.

 The iso image itself will boot as a virtual disk and is able to be used 
 to build a working AXP VMS V8.4.
 
 I have also tried creating an image using the LD driver ( Backup /image 
 from the iso file to the LD disk ).   This doeosn't result in a bootable CD 
 after burning either.
 
 Two basic errors result on boot:
 
 SYSTEM-F-ILLBLKNUM - illegal logical block number
 
 EXECINIT-F-LOADERR  - error loading SYS$TRANSACTION_SERVICES.EXE
 
 Any ideas ?
 
 Regards,
 John Welsh.
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