[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/28/19 10:17 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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.

As formerly stated, I have tried at least 6 different drives.  Most
of them real DEC drives.  All behave exactly the same.
> 
> Can an InfoServer 150 be booted over network?

Theoretically.  If I had a MOP Bootable image.  :-)

bill