[Info-vax] X8691AOE boots OK - X8692OE fails as follows

[Mark Daniel]

On 16/4/22 4:21 am, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 
> On 4/15/22 12:44 PM, Mark Daniel wrote:
>>> BOOTMGR> boot
>>> Booting...
>>> %VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL, Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
>>> 100%
>>> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MEMDISK, Invalid MemoryDisk image. ID:2.0, 
>>> Sig:0x24534D56, Exp:0x24534D56
>>> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MEMDISK, Unable to load DMM0.
>>> %VMS_BOOTMGR-E-MEMDISK, Unable to load memory disk.
>>> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MEMDISK, Unable to load selected boot image.
>>> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MAIN, Unable to load MemoryDisk from boot device.
>>
>> (also posted to VSI OpenVMS Forum)
> 
> It worked fine for me under VirtualBox 6.1.  I have the optical drive
> defined with the AHCI controller on SATA port 0.  The host is macOS
> 12.3.1 and the checksum and byte count of the 9.2 installer image are:
> 
> $ cksum X86E92OE.ISO
> 2336133403 1324777472 X86E92OE.ISO

Thanks Craig.

macOS 10.14.6 VirtualBox Version 6.1.32

macpro:~ mark$ cksum X86E92OE.ISO
2336133403 1324777472 X86E92OE.ISO

Seems as if the 9.2 ISO (VMS_BOOTMGR?) is device order sensitive.

With the ISO at dka0 (your config, port 0), with device specification 
(quoted to prevent wrapping):

> BOOTMGR> devices
> 
> BOOTABLE DEVICES (System Disks, Installation Kits, other):
> 
>   DKA100      (HD) = FS2    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: X86SYS       16384 MB  SATA Disk
>   DKA0       (DVD) = FS1    UEFI: E9_2         OpenVMS: None         1263  MB  SATA DVD
> 
> BOOTMGR> boot dka0
> Booting...
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL, Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
> 100%
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%%
8< snip 8<

And without device specification:

> BOOTMGR> devices
> 
> BOOTABLE DEVICES (System Disks, Installation Kits, other):
> 
>   DKA100      (HD) = FS2    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: X86SYS       16384 MB  SATA Disk
>   DKA0       (DVD) = FS1    UEFI: E9_2         OpenVMS: None         1263  MB  SATA DVD
> 
> BOOTMGR> boot
> Booting...
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL, Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
> 100%
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%%8< snip 8<

But with my original config (ISO at port 2):

> BOOTMGR> devices
> 
> BOOTABLE DEVICES (System Disks, Installation Kits, other):
> 
>   DKA0        (HD) = FS0    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: X86SYS       0   MB  SATA Disk
>   DKA200     (DVD) = FS2    UEFI: E9_2         OpenVMS: None         1263MB  SATA DVD
> 
> BOOTMGR> boot dka200
> Booting...
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL,  Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
> 100% 
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MEMDISK,  Invalid MemoryDisk image. ID:2.0, Sig:0x24534D56, Exp:0x24534D56 
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MEMDISK, Unable to load DMM0.
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-E-MEMDISK,  Unable to load memory disk. 
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MEMDISK,  Unable to load selected boot image. 
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-F-MAIN,     Unable to load MemoryDisk from boot device.

This was *not* the behaviour with the 9.1A ISO (and still isn't):

> BOOTMGR> devices
> 
> BOOTABLE DEVICES (System Disks, Installation Kits, other):
> 
>   DKA0        (HD) = FS0    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: X86SYS       0   MB  SATA Disk
>   DKA200     (DVD) = FS2    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: None         918 MB  SATA DVD
> 
> BOOTMGR> boot dka200
> Booting...
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL,  Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
> 100%
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%8< snip 8<

Without device specification, still boots the install media:

> BOOTMGR> devices
> 
> BOOTABLE DEVICES (System Disks, Installation Kits, other):
> 
>   DKA0        (HD) = FS0    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: X86SYS       0   MB  SATA Disk
>   DKA200     (DVD) = FS2    UEFI: V9_1_A       OpenVMS: None         918 MB  SATA DVD
> 
> BOOTMGR> boot
> BOOT
> Booting...
> %VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL,  Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
> 100%
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%%8< snip 8<

So there appears to be a change in behaviour between the 9.1-A and 9.2 
ISOs, requiring 9.2 to be at dka0 (or some such).

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