[Info-vax] Write Alpha kits on Windows PC for OpenVMS

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-11-06 kl. 23:28, skrev David Gray:
> Hi,
> Is there a guide to writing CDROM/DVDROM on a Windows 10 PC that I can use (and boot from) on my Digital 433au?  I downloaded the following after receiving my hobbyist licences.
> 

I just use whatever Windows has as builtin. Make sure that you
have one of the ISO files (and unzipped if needed).

> Can I just create a new ISO in my burner (Nero Burning ROM) and extract the .zipexe onto the root?  Or is there some oterh way.
> 
> VMS84A_DCL-V0200.TXT
> VMS84A_DCL-V0200.ZIPEXE
> VMS84A_MANAGE-V0200.ZIPEXE
> VMS84A_PCSI-V0400.ZIPEXE
> VMS84A_UPDATE-V1200.TXT
> 

No no no... Those files are *patches* that are ment to be installed
to an already installed OpenVMS system. That are *not* build to be
copied to a CD, at least no to make a bootable CD.

You need to download the base operating system also.
Probably either a ZIP or a ISO.

Not an ZIPEXE since they are OpenVMS EXE files and are meant to
be executed *on* the OpenVMS system for an automatic un-pack.

> 
> I did spent a good while looking for the answer and there are loads on how to write from VMS, I could not find anything for Windows creating VMS format ISO (bootable).
> 

You do not need a "VMS format ISO". Just burn a CD using whatever
ISO-to-CD tool that you have. I think that on my Win10 laptop, I
just right-click on the .ISO file and select "burn CD" or whatever...


> Thanks
>