[Info-vax] Any tool or ideas how to mount a VMS CD on Windows or Linux?

hb@end.of.inter.net h4711b at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 17:35:08 EST 2023


On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 11:02:18 PM UTC+1, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Mon, 2023-02-20 at 13:49 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> > If the CD is in ODS-2/ODS-5 format then it is a problem 
> > as Windows cannot read those. 
> > 
> > Possible options: 
> > - get a VMS system up and running (VMS Alpha on VM should 
> >    be the by far easiest solution), mount it there and 
> >    create ZIP and transfer again. 
> > - let someone with a running VMS system download the image 
> >    and return a ZIP to you 
> > - more let us call it exotic solutions trying to read ODS-2/5 
> >    on non-VMS
> On Linux there is the ods5 kernel module one could use. Unfortunately I 
> only have the binaries and it only works on 32bit Linux. Wish I knew 
> what happened to the sources. 
> -- 
> Tactical Nuclear Kittens

It works on 64bit Linux. The source are available, Google or any other search engine should find them.



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