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

[Eberhard Heuser]

Am 29.01.2015 um 21:56 schrieb MG via Info-vax:
> Tom Wade schreef op 29-jan-2015 om 21:36:
>> 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.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> 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 ?
>
> Never tried that myself, but then I never owned anything beyond an
> rx2620 (Integrity/IPF-wise).
>
> Doesn't the rx2600 have iLO 2 (or beyond that?) with "virtual media"
> capability?
>
>  - MG
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The DVD-drive access goes through a SCSI-driver and it is possible to 
boot the
machine from this local DVD-drive (I've tested this). There is a 
remastered DVD of VMS 8.4
that might help.

Eberhard