[Info-vax] DECnet bashing

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 8/9/2020 1:51 PM, Dave Froble wrote:

> Kind of vague ....

It's pretty straightforward . . .

> I would not expect an x86 system disk to boot on anything else.
> 
> Same with VAX/Alpha/itanic ....
> 
> Are they saying that if the save set of an x86 system disk is created on 
> non-x86, that it will then not boot when restored to an x86 system?

Assume an X86 system disk on a SAN that is also accessed by Alpha and IA64 systems.

If that SAN disk is backed up and restored to another SAN disk from an Alpha or 
IA64 system that does not have this fix, then the resulting X86 system disk will 
not boot.

> Or, are they saying they fixed the issue?

This issue has been fixed; that's the point of the support notice.

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                  -- Rob