[Info-vax] VMSKITBLD.COM fails with CREATE_SYSDIRS cannot locate product description file.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/13/19 11:04 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2019-01-13 15:58:06 +0000, Stephen Hoffman said:
> 
>> This whole thing is easier if that VAXstation had a CD reader or a 
>> tape device...
> 
> Or a second internal or external disk attached to that VAXstation 2000 
> for that matter, as you could relocate the HPE OpenVMS VAX kit onto that 
> disk, boot that, and then install OpenVMS VAX onto the other internal disk.
> 
> This approach is very close to the CD install path, but without the CD.
> 
> These VAXstation 2000 boxes are really old, really slow, and their 
> configurations are limited.
> 
> The I/O bus is almost-SCSI but not almost-SCSI-enough...

Ummmm....  He said he was installing to an RD53. That's not even
almost SCSI.  :-)



bill