[Info-vax] Exploring a hard drive on a new Vaxstation

[Eberhard Heuser]

Am 01.02.2018 um 00:38 schrieb Steven Schweda via Info-vax:
>> [...] Considered booting the 3100 over DECnet from my SIMH
>> installation [...]
>     A pedant might say that that's not actually DECnet, but
> don't worry much about it.
>
>> [...] my SCSI CDROM [...]
>     Not a very detailed description.  If it has a block-size
> jumper, then you might need to set it to 512.  The right
> cable is the real challenge.
>
>> My issue now is Windows (10, XP) doesn't see the VMS Iso as a
>> proper file for burning so I'm planning a Linux setup just to
>> burn the CD.
>     Probably because it's an ODS2 image, not an ISO-9660
> image.  I seldom need one, so I know nothing, but I'm
> confident that there are (free) third-party programs out
> there which run on Windows and don't care.  (Or get a Mac.)
>
>> Once I get the 3100 booted I'll check out the hard drive
>> but I just imagine it'll need a fresh install.
>     Plausible.  But an RZ23 is pretty tiny for VMS.  As I
> recall, when I bought my VAXsta 3100 collection, most of the
> RZ23 and RZ24 disks went into old Macs, where they looked
> big.  I haven't tried shopping for a nice Seagate SCSI 1GB
> disk lately, but I'd guess that they're either very cheap
> (and/or dead) or very expensive.  ST11200N?
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It is possible to use a bigger SCSI-drive (used 4GB drives are still 
available).
I've modified a linux source code that modifies an entry in the drive
in order to identify as a drive with a smaller capacity. So,  if you are 
running a linux
system with SCSI controller you are able to handle this problem.

Eberhard

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