[Info-vax] VAXStation 4000/60 - some questions

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-01-31 21:31:55 +0000, commodorejohn said:
> Well, the actual OpenVMS ISO burned without issue, hence the working
> install. The problem disk is a collection of layered-product and
> freeware installation kits I put together with InfraRecorder; I
> thought I had the settings matched to what I read OpenVMS expects in a
> CD (ISO-9660 Level 2 only, no Joliet filename extensions, no support
> for deep directory hierarchies,)


Use the block copy path, if you have a disk image.  VMS uses ODS-2 and 
ODS-5, and its support for ISO-9660 is limited and — by default — 
ISO-9660 doesn't preserve the VMS meta data.  Which is where you end up 
in the weeds.  Technically, yes, the ISO-9660 route can work if you can 
burn with the older ISO-9660:1988 and not the more current stuff, and 
if you want to experiment with the /UNDEFINED_FAT qualifer at the MOUNT 
(and different files can need different settings), or maybe converting 
the individual files over as you transfer them, but that's a little 
gnarly to explain.  But you're here, and it's much easier to use a 
proper block copy of the layered product disk, if you have a disk image 
of that.

Here's a write-up <http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1613> on some of 
the hobbyist confusions.


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