[Info-vax] booting vaxstation off alpha

[Hans Vlems]

On 8 feb, 16:16, Michael Grunditz <mic... at Update.UU.SE> wrote:
> Bob Koehler <koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote:
> > In article <kf30jt$bh... at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Michael Grunditz <mic... at Update.UU.SE> writes:
> >> Hi
>
> >> Is it possible to networkboot a vaxstation from a alpha? Or do I need to setup simh ..
> >> I have a VAXstation 4000-60 without disks.
>
> >   Yes.  Early versions of VMS for Alpha did not support it, but all
> >   current versions do.  Your Alpha will need two system disks:  one
> >   to hold VMS for the Alpha, and one to hold VMS for the VAX.
>
> Ok , how do I get a vaxinstalltion to the alpha. I googled a bit
> but every document I found seems to assume that the disk allready
> is prepared.
>
> Michael

Yoe need a working VAX/VMS system disk to make this happen, and it
must be
configured as a netwerk cluster boothost.
If you don't have a working VAX then'your best choice would be to run
a VAX
emulator, like simh.
Simh can boot off a regular VMS installation cd. During the
installation process
you are asked whether the (emulated) node will be part of a VAXcluster
=> answer Yes.
The next questions are cluster related, will it serve disks (=> Yes),
will it use ethernet
as the cluster interconnect (=> Yes).
Once the simulated VAX is up and running you can use @sys
$manager:cluster_config
to configure the boot host to accept the real hardware VAX.
Hans