[Info-vax] INFOServer 150

[Chris Scheers]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/15/19 12:06 PM, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> *    Act as an initial load system for OpenVMS systems
>>      The InfoServer system can downline load the primary bootstrap 
>> program to OpenVMS systems by responding to Maintenance Operation 
>> Protocol (MOP) requests. The server can locate MOP downline load files 
>> on the OpenVMS software distribution compact disc and copy them into 
>> temporary MOP partitions on an InfoServer-formatted read/write disk.
>>      The initial system load (ISL) bootstrap program connects back to 
>> the software distribution compact disc and boots Standalone Backup. 
>> The Backup utility is then used to copy the OpenVMS operating system 
>> save sets from the compact disc to a read/write disk attached to the 
>> system. All subsequent OpenVMS boots are done from the local 
>> read/write disk.
>>
> 
> I hadn't thought of it at first, but isn't this a way to get
> around the boot disk size restriction on my VS3100's?  I
> could hang a bunch of disks of the INFOServer and boot from
> it.  yes?

If you are referring to the 1GB restriction in the VS3100/30 and 
VS3100/40, then sorta.

The 1GB restriction comes into play when using the console to read/write 
the disk.  This occurs when booting and when writing the dump file.

So, if you don't have a local system disk, the 1GB restriction doesn't 
affect you (as long as you are running VMS 5.4-3 or later).

PS: I don't think you can even have a local page/swap file that crosses 
the 1GB boundary, but I'm not entirely sure about that.

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