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

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <nospam-079283.19192828102012 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>In article <00AC9895.FFD108C3 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> In article <nospam-6699EE.15115028102012 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture 
>> <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>> >In article <00AC97CD.3C475993 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>> > VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <nospam-36E951.14053827102012 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture 
>> >> <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>> >> >In article <00AC9738.777E5C1F at SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>> >> > VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Files, in the promirdial bootstrap, are supposed to be contiguous.  
>> >> >> That
>> >> >> seems to be the only reason that this CD media will not boot VMS and 
>> >> >> all
>> >> >> of the other media does.
>> >> >
>> >> >A BACKUP/IMAGE to a new image _should_ cure that.
>> >> 
>> >> Assuming it is that, yes, I can do that to a virtual disk and then 
>> >> remaster
>> >> the CD.  I shouldn't have to but if that's the only way to get this 
>> >> upgrade
>> >> completed, then I will have to do burn a CD.
>> >
>> >Ah, I was thinking that the aim here was to land the image on an 
>> >InfoServer.
>> 
>> Correct.  It is the InfoServer-1000 that is serving the CD.
>
>Looks like you are back to reimaging and burning then, unless you can 
>persuade the InfoServer to serve up an LD image.

Well, right now, securing for Sandy's landfall is paramount.  If you don't
hear from me for several days, assume I'm in the dark (not really, as I've
got a backup generator but the rest of the surrounds may not) or I've been
washed out to sea.

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