[Info-vax] Error installing DECSet

[Antonio Duran]

On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 11:03:27 PM UTC+1, Marc Van Dyck wrote:
>  presented the following explanation :
> > On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 10:33:38 PM UTC+1, Paul Anderson wrote:
> >> On 12/18/18 4:08 PM, Antonio wrote:
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> Directory DUA3:[000000]
> >>> 
> >>> DECSET_A.A;1        DECSET_A.B;1        DECSET_A.C;1        DECSET_A.D;1
> >>> DECSET_A.E;1        DECSET_A.F;1        DECSET_A.G;1        DECSET_A.H;1
> >>> DECSET_A.I;1        DECSET_A.J;1        DECSET_A.TXT;1
> >> 
> >> This does not look like a standard DECset distribution, as I would 
> >> expect the saveset names to be DECSET122.%.  Maybe there's something I 
> >> don't know about old VAX distributions.
> >> 
> >> With the savesets named as they are, the product name you should use is 
> >> DECSET_A, so that your command line should be:
> >> 
> >>    $ @VMSINSTAL DECSET_A DUA3:[000000] OPTIONS N
> >> 
> >> Paul
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> Total of 11 files.
> >>> 
> >>> When I try to VMSINSTAL:
> >>> 
> >>> $ @VMSINSTAL DECSET122 DUA3:[000000] OPTIONS N
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>          OpenVMS VAX Software Product Installation Procedure V7.3
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> It is 18-DEC-2018 at 21:07.
> >>> 
> >>> Enter a question mark (?) at any time for help.
> >>> 
> >>> * Are you satisfied with the backup of your system disk [YES]?
> >>> 
> >>> %VMSINSTAL-E-NOPRODS, None of the specified products were found.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>          VMSINSTAL procedure done at 21:07
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> $
> >>> 
> >>> What am I doing wrong?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks in advance,
> >>> 
> >>> Antonio
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> Paul Anderson
> >> VMS Software, Inc.
> >
> > Thanks Paul. I got a different error now. 
> >
> >
> > $ @VMSINSTAL DECSET_A DUA3:[000000] OPTIONS N
> >
> >
> >         OpenVMS VAX Software Product Installation Procedure V7.3
> >
> >
> > It is 18-DEC-2018 at 21:39.
> >
> > 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:
> >
> >   DECSE V1.A
> >
> >
> >         Beginning installation of DECSE V1.A at 21:39
> >
> > %VMSINSTAL-I-RESTORE, Restoring product save set A ...
> > %BACKUP-F-NOTSAVESET, DUA3:[000000]DECSET_A.A;1 is not a BACKUP save set
> > %VMSINSTAL-E-NOSAVESET, Save set  A  cannot be restored.
> >
> >
> >         VMSINSTAL procedure done at 21:40
> 
> Probably the unzip operation did not keep the correct save set file
> characteristics. To fix that, try the command
> 
> $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES=(RFM:FIX,MRS:8192,LRL:8192,RAT:NONE)
> 
> on all the DECSET_A.% files that you have.
> 
> To check, try to do a
> 
> $ BACKUP /LIST DECSET_A.A /SAVE
> 
> before and after the operation mentioned above.
> Before should give you an error, and after a save set listing if
> the proposed cure worked...
> 
> -- 
> Marc Van Dyck

I gess I got it!!!

SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES=(RFM:FIX,MRS:32256,LRL:32256,RAT:NONE) DECSET_A.A

Seems to work.

Thanks