[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 1/17/2019 3:44 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
> 
> A quick update being as I'm the guy who started this thread.
> 
> Turns out I have 7.3 CD's (not sure about layered products,
> I have 1 CD labeled that but I know they can't be on 1 CD!)
> 

No, in this case "Layered Products" means things like DECram, DWMotif, Pathworks, etc.  Not BASIC, COBOL, etc.

> Install went easy.  I am using a 1GB Fujitsu drive.  And,
> I will likely take a look at net booting and running it
> diskless.  This is my M76, my most powerful one.  On
> another note, I tried the Infoserver.  Nothing on the
> hard disk.  There were two CD's inside the case, one with
> what looks like a key written on the envelope.  That looks
> like it should boot, but it never goes beyond the start
> of the process and then periodic access to the disk.  The
> other says not bootable right off the bat.
> 
> So, I have heard that the Infoserver software is on the
> Freeware CD.  Is this true?  If so, what do I do with
> it if I can't even boot the machine?  Can I put it on
> my mop server and remote boot the Infoserver to install
> a system on it?

If it's in an ISO type format you might be able to write it to a CD and boot the Infoserver from it.I looked at it once but that was long ago.

> 
> bill


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John H. Reinhardt