[Info-vax] Problems restoring image-backup

[Michael Moroney]

jouk <joukj at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> writes:

>>> If I boot from CD, I cannot mount the device because it seems not to
>>> caontain a files-11 homeblock.
>> 
>> The primary home block was made optional at V8.0, and current Alpha
>> should be able to deal with that.  If you're running an older OpenVMS
>> release, it won't.  I'd expect this to work on V8.4.
>> 
>It is OpenVMS 8.4.
>If I try to mount I get:

>$ mount/over=(id,lim) dka100

>%MOUNT-F-NOHOMEBLK, Files-11 home block not found on volume
>-MOUNT-I-VOLIDENT, label = '............', owner = '............',
>format = '...
>.........'

Does a BACKUP/IMAGE restore create GPT.SYS on the destination volume when 
done on an Itanium?  ($ HELP BACKUP /GPT suggests no)
An Alpha boot loader wouldn't know what to do with GPT.SYS.
Look to see if [000000]GPT.SYS exists on the supposedly bootable volume.