[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/27/19 3:09 PM, David Wade wrote:
> On 27/01/2019 19:40, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 1/27/19 1:58 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 1/27/19 12:25 PM, David Wade wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> wodim dev=/dev/sr0 vms061-1.iso
>>>>>
>>>>> where the "dev" points to your CD writer and the ".iso" file is the
>>>>> image to be written
>>>>
>>>> And now we are back to the original problem.  It's not a .iso file.
>>>> So what would it do?  Make another coaster?
>>>
>>> Okay, I am going to say it for the FOURTH time now.  It doesn't 
>>> matter, it's
>>> just bits.
>>
>> Tell the available software that.  There must be some structure or
>> they would just burn the CD's correctly.  They aren't.  So there
>> ya go.
>>
>> bill
>>
> Bill,
> 
> If they write a CD its probably OK. You won't be able to mount it on 
> Linux or Windows. Not sure what drive you have on the InfoServer150 or 
> whatever, but you may also find some of the older SCSI drives won't read 
> CDR media.

The CD I am using worked fine to install Ultrix-32 and OpenBSD on the
VS3100 so I know that isn't the problem.  Some of the one's I have
tried are actually DEC CDROM's and get identified as such when I do
a SHOW DEV at the dead sergeant prompt.

> 
> I always try and find the  ones with the shiniest surface. Not sure if 
> it helps but those with a dark layer don't seem to work too well...

And while I haven't seen them in ages, I always had  my best luck
with the black ones.  They also retained what was recorded longer
than most of the shiny ones.

Currently dd-ing one of the images to a real hard disk using OpenBSD
on the VAX.  Can't wait to see how that goes.



bill