[Info-vax] Error installing DECSet

[Antonio Duran]

On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 5:38:55 PM UTC+1, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2018-12-18 21:08:22 +0000, Antonio Duran said:
> 
> > My name is Antonio. I was an Ada programmer on DEC/VAX back in the late 
> > 80's. No sysadmin skills. I managed to get up and running an instance 
> > of OpenVMS 7.3 on simh on a Raspberry Pi and I'm getting errors when 
> > trying to install the DECSet 12.2 kit that I got.
> > 
> > I downloaded a zip (DECSET122.zip) file which I unzipped on the Raspi, 
> > then create an iso image with the unzipped contents and mount that iso 
> > file in the virtual CDROM unit of my OpenVMS instance (DUA3:).
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Buenas dias Antonio,
> 
> On the off chance that there's a legitimate software kit underneath 
> this mess and not malware, others have given you the answer.
> 
> Better still, HPE was offering free VAX kit downloads with the hobbyist 
> licenses.  Get yourself a "real" OpenVMS VAX kit.
> 
> The contents and structure of the "real" kit from HPE will be more 
> predictable, and you'll have less or no remedial work around the 
> kitting.
> 
> The kit you've acquired here was created by folks with little or no 
> familiarity with packaging OpenVMS software, or that were unconcerned 
> with better camouflaging their efforts around packaging cracked 
> software and malware.  That means you're having to remediate issues in 
> the files sourced, which makes what is already a cryptic and arcane 
> sequence that much more effort.  The HPE kit will get you a current 
> OpenVMS VAX install and "recent" software kits, and there are folks 
> here in the comp.os.vms newsgroup that are familiar with the contents 
> and format of that kit.
> 
> And yes, there has been OpenVMS malware around, and there'll be more.  
> And some of it will arrive in software installation kits.
> 
> Do get the HPE distro, por favor.
> 
> ¡Buena suerte!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

Stephen,

Totally agree. I went through the whole process to get a legit hobbyist license and I got it. Then, I received an E-mail from OpenVMS Customer Lab <openvmscustomerlab at hpe.com> containing a link and a username and password for downloading the OpenVMS software (https://ftp.ext.hpe.com/hprc). I believed that it was a legitimate web site but now I doubt it. 

Is that a rogue site?

Having a valid license, I don't know where else can I get the kit from or, by the way, where can I purchase a physical media distro.

Best regards,

Antonio