Congrats! On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote:
> Using a version 58 console tape image provided to me by one list member, > and massaged into a usable state by another list member, I just booted > OpenVMS 7.3 off the R80 drive on my VAX-11/730 for the first time since > buying the machine. Woohoo! > > For some reason, I was unable to do that with the version 57 images that I > downloaded off the net. Maybe there's something wrong with the VMB.EXE on > those images? It always complained of not being able to find the boot file > when I tried using it. > > I never got a login prompt, but perhaps that's because I booted with the > write protect switch on? It appeared to be trying to create or join a > VAXcluster for a while, then said something about loading MSCP disk server. > I have plenty more experimentation ahead, including seeing what's on that > RL02 pack labeled something like "VMS53SYS" (if I recall correctly). > > My attempts to boot up the v5.3 standalone backup tape images I downloaded > still haven't succeeded. As suggested, I'll see if standalone backup might > be on another partition next time I work on the machine. I'd like to try > backing up both the R80 and the RL02 to tape if I can. > > Eventually, I'd like to run an older version of VMS than 7.3 on it. > Preferably, something contemporary to when the 11/730 was still sold, or at > least from before any sane 730 users upgraded to newer and faster VAXen. Of > course, that assumes I can procure suitable installation media, or usable > images with which to create it. > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/ > >