[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[hb]

On 1/17/19 12:23 AM, Michael Moroney wrote:
> 1G will boot on a 3100.  Use a 1G disk if at all possible. Larger disks won't
> boot.
> 
> (with *very* clever file placement a disk larger than 1G can be made
> to boot on a 3100. But any upgrade and many patches will make it unbootable
> unless you repeat the hackery...)

If you have a running system, you can partition a large disk with Glen
Everhart's VDDRIVER. Make the first partition small enough, initialize
it and install VMS on it. Use the rest of the large disk (with VDDRIVER)
as a user disk.