[Info-vax] SET DEF and Other Questions Regarding DIR on a Different Hard Disk?

[MG]

On 25-jan-2013 18:02, MG wrote:
> Sorry, I mistook _Open_BSD for /Open/VMS for a moment there.
> Well, that's not easy to answer.  I personally like NetBSD a
> lot, it's nicely streamlined, runs on tons of interesting
> platforms, it's bloated (at all) and it provides a more than
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Correction: It's /NOT/ bloated, damn it (sorry about that).
But, I think you must have gotten that though, but thought it
was probably better to clarify that either way.

There's one negative point about NetBSD, which I forgot to
mention and which is perhaps worth mentioning.  I don't know
about VAX, I've never tried anything other than VMS for VAX,
but for AXP (i.e. NetBSD/alpha) it can be a surprising bit of
a pain; especially if you're also dealing with a system with a
dead/weak NVR/TOY battery.

I tried NetBSD on a DEC Multia/UDB, before I 'fixed' the issue
with the battery and I couldn't get it installed at all.  I
found that rather peculiar, I certainly didn't expect that
from NetBSD...

  - MG

[P.S.: Strange, I tried to post this before, but didn't get
through apparently.  If you saw this post twice, then I
guess it only didn't get through on 'my end'.]