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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-20 kl. 18:17, skrev David Froble:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Went to VSISOFTWARE.COM/ALPHA, got what was available there.
>
>> So the CD issue is solved?
>
> Working on it, asked David Turner for DVD drives ....

I still do not understand...
Why do you need a DVD drive?

The *current* kit from VSI should fit on a *CD*, not?

The first kit did not.

Or am I totaly missing something here? :-)

Jan-Erik.