[Info-vax] OpenVMS Alpha V8.4 install from InfoServer-1000

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-10-26 20:29:27 +0000,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:

> Strangely, the OpenVMS V8.3 media will boot the DS10L with all of the same
> incantations as above.  I'm thinking that there may be files which are NOT
> contiguous and many must be in order to boot although this seems not to be
> necessary with the files being served.  Anyway, I've been derailed with an-
> other issue, so I've put this whole update on the back burner for now.  I
> do believe it's an issue in the mastering of the OpenVMS Alpha V8.4 media
> but no time now to figure out just what that may be.  I may have to spend
> some time Wireshark collecting the boot conversation to get to the bottom
> of the issue.

FWIW, PFS is sensitive to excessive file fragmentation.



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