Diskless VMS install

Glen Slick glen.slick at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 21:23:24 CDT 2020


One last note for now: If you get the SIMH InfoServer set up and then
boot it with the OpenVMS VAX 7.3 installation CD image attached, the
InfoServer should automount the installation CD and create a disk
service to access the CD over the network. It should also execute the
ISL_SCRIPT.ESS script in the root directory of the CD, which will
create MOP services for the ISL_SVAX_073 and ISL_LVAX_073 initial
bootstrap loader files.

Assuming that you also have the network set up properly in SIMH so
that the SIMH InfoServer can access the physical network of the host
system and is reachable across the physical network from the physical
VAX, you should then be able to follow the OpenVMS 7.3 installation
manual sections on booting from and installing from an InfoServer.

sim> SHOW RZ
RZ      7 units
  RZ1   209MB, attached to infoserver.rz24,
        RZ24, autosize, RAW format
  RZ2   50MB, attached to ag-r7lfa-bs.img, read only,
        RZ24, autosize, RAW format
sim> DETACH RZ2
sim> ATTACH RZ2 VAXVMS073.ISO
RZ2: unit is read only
RZ2: 'VAXVMS073.ISO' Contains ODS2 File system
RZ2: Volume Name: VAXVMS073    Format: DECFILE11B   Sectors In Volume: 1331200
sim> BOOT CPU

KA41-2  V1.0

F_..E...D...C?..B?..A...9_..8?..7...6...5?..4_..3_..2_..1?..


??  C  0080  0000.0004
??  B  0010  0010.0020
??  8  0060  0000.0002
 ?  6  80A1  0000.4001
??  5  0001  0000.000A
??  1  00C0  0000.1004

>>> BOOT DKA100

-DKA100

InfoServer 150 V3.5
Copyright (c) 1990 - 1997 Digital Equipment Corporation
%ESS-I-CONFIGDEV, Device configuration complete.  2 devices found
%ESS-I-VERIFY, Verifying DK1:

Enter Password:

Digital Equipment Corporation
InfoServer 150 V3.5

InfoServer> SHOW DEV

Device   Device      Device        Device    Dev. Size/    Volume         Device
 Name     State       Type         Address   Record Num.    Label          Char

DK1:     On          Hard Disk       A/1       409791      UNKNOWN          AMD
DK2:     On          Hard Disk       A/2      1331808      VAXVMS073        AME

InfoServer> SHOW PARTITION DK1:

Directory DK1:

Partition Name               Used/Alloc    Services
--------------------     ----------------- --------------------
BOOT_PARTITION               5000/5008
IS_FUNCTIONS                    1/64
ISL_SVAX_073                  154/160      Temp MOP
ISL_LVAX_073                  176/176      Temp MOP

DK1: has 4 partitions in use. 5408 of 409791 blocks allocated.
Largest contiguous free extent is 402672 blocks.

InfoServer> SHOW SERVICES

 Service Name         Service Class   Disk:Partition
 -------------------- --------------- ----------------------
 VAXVMS073            [ODS_2]         DK2:

InfoServer>


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