[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/18/19 12:56 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> 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.

I suspected as much when I mounted the CD and looked at it.
But I do have a set of LP CD's dated 2004 which are probably
what I need.  No index, however, so finding what i want (and
have a license for) is going to be a chore.  These did not
come in the usual packaging which had a paper list of what
was there and what disk it was on.

> 
>> 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.

Well, they are .img files.  Not sure what that means but
Brasero on Linux happily wrote it to a CD. Didn't boot
though.  Not sure where to go from  here with that but
it isn't stopping my program, just slowing it down.

I have DECNET running.  I have LAT running on two of my
Unix boxes and somehow they advertise their availability.
How can I get VMS to do that?  I tried moving my PAKs
over OPA0: but that was a dismal failure.  Overrun after
no more than 2 lines.  Wold like to just use DECNET to
move them and then get on from there but I can't figure
out how to let the other boxes know the VMS systems is
there.

Am having fun, though.

bill