MicroVax II/VMS - why 70mb isn't enough.

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> For all those that asked - I was trying to install VMS
> 7.2. Obviously, an older version would have had a
> better time fitting, but this is the only version we
> had available. I was just realliy suprised that the
> installer claimed that it would fit with 10000 blocks
> to spare, and then promptly ran out of space. It makes
> sense - VMS pages to a file on the disk, and any
> unpacking routine would use disk, but, oh well. Live
> and learn.
> 
> I did some digging here and found a 300 mb ESDI disk.
> I have no idea if it works or not, I'll give it a shot
> as soon as I have a chance. 
> 
> With regards to booting - has anyone used mopd on
> Linux to install VMS? I am wondering if it's possible
> to build up a Linux box to act as an InfoServer (I
> don't have one, Sridhar does).

You're welcome to come back and use it again.  We have to do that other 
machine anyway.  It should go a lot faster now that we have all of the 
kinks ironed out of the procedure.

Peace...  Sridhar