[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[Dave Froble]

On 1/28/2019 9:03 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.

The optical drives can be rather fragile.  I'd suspect that first.

Can an InfoServer 150 be booted over network?

-- 
David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      E-Mail: davef at tsoft-inc.com
DFE Ultralights, Inc.
170 Grimplin Road
Vanderbilt, PA  15486