[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/29/19 10:27 AM, Dennis Boone wrote:
>   > Someone mentioned having a bootable disk in their SPL.  I went
>   > thru all the disks in one of my SPL's from the same period of
>   > time and none of them are bootable.  So, I guess the next
>   > question is where do I find install media for an earlier
>   > version so I can get it up and then upgrade it to 3.5?  Sigh.
> 
> Are the bootable SPLs bootable on the InfoServer, or do they provide
> the loader to boot a host _from_ an InfoServer?
> 
> I have several SPLs of various vintage.  In looking at them, I see
> two versions of InfoServer software: 2.1 and 3.5.
> 
> The one set which has 2.1 has the following files:
> 
> 	Directory loop1:[SYS0.SYSEXE]
> 	ISL_LVAX_055.SYS;1  ISL_SVAX_055.SYS;1
> 
> 	Directory loop1:[SYSD.SYSEXE]
> 	ESS$BOOT.PAR;1
> 
> The sets which have 3.5 have:
> 
> 	Directory loop1:[SYS0.SYSEXE]
> 	IS1000_V35.SYS;1
> 
> 	Directory loop1:[SYSD.SYSEXE]
> 	ESS$BOOT.PAR;1      HELP.MEM;1          LOCSUPDATE.EXE;1    SYSBOOT.EXE;1
> 	SYSLOCS.EXE;1
> 
> Sounds like the authors of this stuff are here to comment on what that
> means, but my "keyword out of context" engine suggests that the CDs
> containing 3.5 would probably only boot on (from?) an InfoServer 1000.
> 

Let's muddy the waters even more...

 From the disk VAXBINSEP956 >
                   [INFOSERV032.DOCUMENTATION]INFOSERV032_COVER.TXT

           "Unlike previous releases, the InfoServer kernel software
           Version 3.2 is provided on a Consolidated Distribution disc,
           which you can use both as the source of an UPDATE SYSTEM
           command and to boot the software. "

So, I wonder where I can find the "Consolidated Distribution" that
has "InfoServer kernel software Version 3.2".  I have looked at
all the SPL Disks I have and none of them  is bootable on anything.

bill