[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[John E. Malmberg]

On 1/28/2019 8:03 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/28/19 4:17 AM, hb wrote:
>> On 1/27/19 11:44 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>> it does matter. You can't mount the .iso or the CD you have created as
>>>> a drive on  Windows or Linux so it will look like a coaster,
>>> Right.
>>>
>>
>> Not that it solved the initial problem, but there are a couple of tools
>> to access/mount an ODS-x disk/CD on Windows or Linux.
>>
> 
> The coasters were because instead of loading the image on the
> CD/R it created a directory and copied the .img (or renamed
> .iso) file to the newly created directory.
> 
> For those still following I have installed imgburner and it says
> the .img file is "invalid or unsupported image file format".  I
> tried the wodim command offered and it burned a CD that, when
> examined, appears to be identical to the .img file.  It also
> does not boot.  LED on the drive flashes a few times, goes
> out and the system just sits there until I hit the reset button.
> I have even tried waiting for over an hour because, after all,
> it is a very small, slow VAX  (KA41-2).
> 
> So, I have now tried a combination of 9 different OS/Applications
> for burning CD's.  It still doesn't boot.  Either the images are
> not what we all seem to think they should be or the Infoserver is,
> in fact, dead.  Even if it seems to go through the startup just
> fine.
> 
> I don't think I am going to win this one.

I just remembered that the VAXen CD-ROM drives of that era were very 
picky about what recordable media that they would read.  They may not be 
able to completely read the more modern media.

But you do not need a CD-ROM image.  You can temporarily replace the 
CD-ROM with a hard drive that contains the infoserver boot image. 
Preferably write locked.

A linux system should be able to create the disk image or 
backup/physical should also.

Regards,
-John