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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-01-03 kl. 14:30, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
> On 1/2/21 2:14 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 1/2/2021 2:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 1/2/21 1:41 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>>> On 1/2/2021 10:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't remember them being there when I got the base ISO but
>>>>> they could  have been.  But then, my credentials would be expired
>>>>> by now even if I remembered where to go.  I suppose I could just
>>>>> register again and see what  happens but I expect that would  make
>>>>> more work for VSI.
>>>>>
>>>>> bill
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unlike with HPE the VSI credentisls don't expire after a few 
>>>> weeks/months. Mine are still good from the initial email.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I dug around and found the original email.  I now have the two
>>> Layered Products ISO files.  Thank you everyone.
>>>
>>> Now, I have to figure out how to use them.  :-)
>>
>> Use LD to mount the .iso.
>>
> 
> Actually, I just mounted the iso as a cdrom.  It was the procedure I
> wasn't sure I remembered. But I did.  :-)
> 
> Of course, this brought up another interesting difference from my
> beloved VAX.  When I was having the original problem I reduced the
> disk size thinking that could be the APXBox problem.  The example
> I was following used a 5GB disk. I reduced it to 1GB.  After all,
> my VAX could run just fine with 500MB, right?  Afer installing VMS
> I went to install the C Compiler. "Insufficient Disk Space"!!  Wow.
> 
> Oh well.  Back to the beginning and install it all again using the
> bigger disk.  Sigh....
> 
> bill
> 

Should not need to do a full re-install.
Create and mount a bigger disk.
Backup/image from your current system disk to the new one.
Reboot using the new disk as the system disk.