[Info-vax] VMS 8.4-2L1 on AXPBox

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/1/21 1:38 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 1/1/2021 1:28 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>
>> I finally got AXPBox to build and figured this was a good time to
>> get my VMS System running.
>>
>> No joy in Mudville....
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Any suggestions?
> 
> Alpha V8.4-2L1 was designed for upgrade only, not a fresh install.
> 
> V8.4-2L2 (which is Alpha-only) can be used for a fresh install.
> 
> Having said that, reports are that you can continue past those error 
> messages
> and have a working system.
> 


OK.  I'll let it continue.  It is awfully slow, though.  I seem
to remember it being a faster install on a VAX.  :-)

The ISO is the one I got when I joined the VSI Community Program.
Did I somehow get the wrong file?

bill