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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-01-12 11:37:00 +0000, Eberhard Heuser said:

> 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.

Why are we dredging up a ~year old thread?

All i2 boxes require V8.4 UPDATE 5.0, or later.  Technically, minimally 
UPDATE V3.0 will work for i2, but V5.0 fixes other issues in addition 
to adding i2 support.

Use the correct (remastered) kit which one with UPDATE 5.0 or later, or 
use a system disk with UPDATE 5.0 or later installed, or use Host-based 
InfoServer with Update 5.0 or later installed.

Now as to whether all of the remastered kits are clearly labeled or 
not, it would not surprise me that some kits or some images are not.

UPDATE 10 and UPDATE 11 are what are most commonly in use.

It would not surprise me to find different internal I/O configurations, 
either — and yes, the SATA path is through the PK FC/SCSI stack.  There 
was a run of internal USB DVD drives that differed sufficiently that — 
prior to some OpenVMS changes — some booted and some did not.


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