[Info-vax] product not installing

[Bill Cunningham]

"Henry Crun" <mike at rechtman.com> wrote in message 
news:7sbubd-msa.ln1 at Ubuntu.mike-r.com...
> On 29-Sep-2016 00:32, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <nsh6n3$mra$1 at dont-email.me>, "Bill Cunningham" 
>> <nospam at nspam.invalid> writes:
>>>
>>> <VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message
>>> news:00B0FC7E.CBC1A79F at SendSpamHere.ORG...
>>>
>>> ....
>>>
>>>> $ @sys$update:vmsinstall cc064 dua0:[000000]
>>>
>>> I will copy from the log what that gets me,
>>>
>>> $ @sys$update:vmsinstal cc064 dua0:[000000]
>>>
>>>
>>> OpenVMS VAX Software Product Installation Procedure V7.3
>>>
>>>
>>> It is 28-SEP-2016 at 15:41.
>>>
>>> Enter a question mark (?) at any time for help.
>>>
>>> * Are you satisfied with the backup of your system disk [YES]?
>>>
>>>
>>> The following products will be processed:
>>>
>>>  CC V6.4
>>>
>>>
>>> Beginning installation of CC V6.4 at 15:41
>>>
>>> %VMSINSTAL-I-RESTORE, Restoring product save set A ...
>>> %BACKUP-F-NOTSAVESET, DUA0:[000000]CC064.A;1 is not a BACKUP save set
>>> %VMSINSTAL-E-NOSAVESET, Save set  A  cannot be restored.
>>>
>>>
>>> VMSINSTAL procedure done at 15:42
>>
>> This is a common problem with downloads.  To where did you initially 
>> download
>> the files?  I'm going to assume it wasn't to OpenVMS.  These files were, 
>> IIRC,
>> in a .ZIP archive.  Where did you UNZIP them?  Again, I'll assume that 
>> too was
>> not on OpenVMS.  You have the kit installation files but their format has 
>> been
>> corrupted.
>>
>> You need to get the files as .ZIP archives and UNZIP them on OpenVMS. 
>> You can
>> find UNZIP for OpenVMS on various site on the web.  In fact, I believe HP 
>> has
>> both ZIP and UNZIP for OpenVMS on its web site.
>>
> If your OpenVME is up-to-date, try BACKUP/RECOVER.
> Otherwise, try the following:
> <quote>
> Fixing a BACKUP save-set file attributes:
> -----------------------------------------
>     How to figure out the record length of a BACKUP saveset.
>     (This assumes that you have SET FILE/ATT, which appeared with
>     VMS V6.0.  If not, then get the Joe Meadows FILE utility.)
>     First, set the record size on the saveset to 2048 (the smallest
>     legal value for a BACKUP saveset):
>        $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM:FIX,RAT:NONE,LRL:2048,MRS:2048) file.ext
>     Then do this:
>        $ BACKUP/ANALYZE/LIST/NOASSIST/NoCRC file.ext/SAVE
>     This may report some errors, but it should show you the
>     actual record size - e.g.
>       BLOCKSIZE = 10240
>     Then you can do this:
>       $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(LRL:size,MRS:size) file.ext
> </quote>

    Ok that's probably the problem. I unzip from linux. I use 'unzip -a' so 
that text and binary are not altered at this point. Then use genisoimage -o 
cc.iso CC064.A CC084.B into an ISO called cc.iso.

    I attach that to simh as a cdrom. and mount it in vax as dua0 for 
example. Mount it in VMS using mount /over=id dua0. Then go to that 
directory and copy to VMS's MFD. So I will need to set the attribs. At least 
I know I have the right file(s) being cc064.a and cc064.b.

Bill