[Info-vax] Problems restoring image-backup

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2016-06-28 15:00:20 +0000, jouk said:
> 
>> On 28/06/16 16:32, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> Tell the SET BOOTBLOCK command or the sys$setboot tool to write an Alpha
>>> bootbilock.  The default is to write the architecture-local boot block.
> 
> Did the boot block write work?
> 
>> $ sb  -f dka100: -s
>>
>> %EFI-E-NOTMOUNTED, target volume is not mounted or not ready
>> -EFI-I-SBTRG, seeking:
>> -EFI-I-SBDEF, default: [000000]SYS$ISO9960.SYS
> 
> I don't recall off-hand if that tool will work with the disk MOUNT 
> /FOREIGN, but it might.
> So the Itanium cannot mount the restored disk, either?
> Either that saveset is not a bootable image backup, is hosed, or BACKUP 
> is hosed.
> 
>> It is OpenVMS 8.4.
>> If I try to mount I get:
> 
> On Itanium?  Or Alpha?  Presumably with some UPDATE installed, too.

Don't know why you decided to restore the disk on an itanic?  Actually, I'd 
think BACKUP is BACKUP and would work, but perhaps not.

My first inclination would have been to boot the Alpha distribution CD and use 
it to do the restore.  Might have saved you some grief?

Perhaps try that?

Hoping you have more than one backup save set ....