[Info-vax] Alpha V8.4-2 distribution

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-20 kl. 04:39, skrev David Froble:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Den 2016-06-19 kl. 05:51, skrev David Froble:
>>> It's Saturday night, or I'd ask VSI.  So it's your lucky day to consider my
>>> question.
>>>
>>> Got the Alpha 8.4-2 evaluation kit.  Unzipped it on my Alpha, got an iso
>>> image, which I was able to mount using LD.  The kit will work as an upgrade
>>> to V8.3, or later, but will not (according to the release notes) install on
>>> an empty disk. No problem, made an image copy of my 8.3 system disk.
>>>
>>> Now, it's been a LONGGGG time since I did any installations / upgrades, and
>>> I'm not sure what can be done.  What I remember is you boot off the
>>> distribution media and use the menu to install or upgrade.  Can't boot off
>>> an LD container, since it needs VMS up before LD works.  Chicken and egg
>>> issues ....
>>>
>>> What I think I need to do is backup /image the LD container onto a spare
>>> disk. Can't use the optical drive.  The local crumudgen got a good laugh
>>> when I told him I was trying to read a DVD and finally realized the Alpha
>>> had a CD drive. Gonna attempt to fix that next week.  Don't think the
>>> distribution will fit on a CD.
>>
>> The original download did not fit on a CD since there was a large file
>> stored in the ISO as two copies by mistake. I took that away and re-built
>> the ISO and my ISO did then fit on a CD.
>>
>> VSI also release an updated ISO shortly after this error was reported,
>> and it is now "589.5 MB" according to the download page.
>>
>> Do you still have the origanal ISO? That was around 1 GB, I think...
>> If so, just fetch the latest copy from VSI.
>
> I just got this from VSI on Friday.
>

OK. Then I do not understand your problem getting in onto a CD.
Or was that before friday using an older (the original) download?

So the CD issue is solved?