[Info-vax] Installing OpenVMS 8.4 on Integrity rx2800 with no local disks

[Eberhard Heuser]

Am 29.01.2015 um 21:36 schrieb Tom Wade via Info-vax:
> Hi,
>
> I have to install OpenVMS 8.4 on an Integrity rx2800 i2.  It has no 
> local disks, only SAN storage.  From what I can see, this system 
> cannot boot from the DVD due to lack of support for the SATA DVD drive 
> in the base O/S.
>
> The article describing this,
>
> http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02962662&sp4ts.oid=5033573 
>
>
> states that "This issue has been elevated to OpenVMS Engineering 
> requesting OpenVMS 8.4 patch V0500 be released on CD, but as of yet it 
> has not happened."  Does anyone know if this is still the case ?  Is 
> there a HW version DVD release?
>
> I have access to an rx2600 (currently running 8.3).  I was considering 
> using this machine to install 8.4 with patch UPDATE5 on a USB stick, 
> and trying to boot that on the target machine.  Is this feasible ?
>
> Thanks for any pointers
>
> Tom Wade
>
>
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The DVD drive in a RX2800 is connected through a ICH10-controller.

This controller is supported by the OpenVMS remastered DVD as a 
SCSI-drive without using any additional patches.

Hope this helps
Eberhard