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

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of Cliff
> Miller via Info-vax
> Sent: January 28, 2018 11:32 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Cliff Miller <cliff52 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Info-vax] Exploring a hard drive on a new Vaxstation
> 
> I have a Vaxstation 3100 Model 30 which came with an RZ23 hard drive.
I
> access the system with a serial console cable.
> The system boots to the >>> prompt and self-tests just fine.  When I
try
> to boot from the hard drive, however, it returns "File not found."
> I am reluctant to initialize the drive and start from scratch as I am
curious
> to see what was on it.
> What are my options for being able to explore the hard drive?

If you have it, you can boot from the original OS CD-ROM and select the
boot to DCL option.

>From there you should be able to access the hard drive to see what's up.

If applicable, reference "writeboot" discussion here:
<http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=50&thread_
id=2318>
<http://hoffmanlabs.org/vmsfaq/vmsfaq_022.html> 

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com