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тАО10-10-2007 09:51 PM
тАО10-10-2007 09:51 PM
Can someone please tell me what I need to do to boot from the dvd?
I am stuck. There is vms built on an internal disk and i have set up dqa0 as a boot device using boot_options.com but when I try this it fails.
Regards,
paul
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тАО10-11-2007 12:29 AM
тАО10-11-2007 12:29 AM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
Please provide more info.
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тАО10-11-2007 12:55 AM
тАО10-11-2007 12:55 AM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
I have ran BOOT_OPTIONS.COM on the internal system disk and selected DQA0 (CD DRIVE). I do not select any flags and give it a label of VMS DVD BOOT.
This immediately failes with NOT FOUND message when selecting from EFI menu.
I have never used the DVD so this may need configuring, but if so I would not of expected it to show as an available option in boot_options.com
Regards,
Paul
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тАО10-11-2007 02:24 AM
тАО10-11-2007 02:24 AM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
Sorry I have more questions than answers right now.
What class server do you have?
Wasn't there already an existing "Internal Bootable DVD" option in the EFI Boot Manager menu? If not, go to the Removable Media boot option. Another option would be to get to the EFI shell and boot manually (similar to below depending on your hardware, check your list of mapped devices):
shell> fs0:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
If you aren't able to shut down your system, can you do a DISPLAY (all entries) and a VALIDATE from the BOOT_OPTIONS.COM and post the output here?
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тАО10-11-2007 02:53 AM
тАО10-11-2007 02:53 AM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
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тАО10-11-2007 03:10 AM
тАО10-11-2007 03:10 AM
SolutionBoot Aliases? You do not need that. That's like setting a default boot name in the older consoles; convenient, but not necessary.
EFI
Select the Shell at the menu
Now that you are at the shell prompt. you can enter the target file system now:
fs0:
or you can go directly to the default DVD boot name for OpenVMS I64:
fs0:\efi\boot\BOOTIA64.EFI
disk boots are slightly different here, as the filename and directory for disks is as follows:
fs0:\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
Once you invoke this image, the DVD will boot.
fs0: is usually the name of the DVD. If you've got more than one DVD in the box, you might have to use a DIR command to explore the disks, looking for the disk with the boot path. (There's not a good mapping between fs file systems and physical disks, and -- for better or worse -- the order of the fs devices can vary as devices or disk partitions are added or removed.)
What has almost certainly happened here is an incorrect internal disk replication. There are several changes involved here, and it would not surprise me that there are differences in however the media has been replicated. First, the disk boot file name is different from the DVD boot file name. Second, the block size is different, and this requires a different set bootblock command. (Disks use 512-byte sectors, DVDs use 2048 byte sectors.)
For details on this stuff (including the set bootblock command, and building bootable disks), read the document referenced here:
http://64.223.189.234/node/28
For minimal boot command intro, see this:
http://64.223.189.234/node/204
Stephen Hoffman
HoffmanLabs LLC
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тАО10-11-2007 03:32 PM
тАО10-11-2007 03:32 PM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
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тАО10-11-2007 06:39 PM
тАО10-11-2007 06:39 PM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
Use the EFI boot option for "Internal DVD" in the EFI boot list that's presented at power-up / restart. You can also bring it up off the console by finding the correct FS device in EFI shell (probably fs0:), then get to the /efi/boot folder and run the vms_loader.efi script.
Depends what kind of machine it is - but the DVD might be a USB one. Whatever, use the internal DVD boot choice.
You might find this useful: http://www.downloads.xdelta.co.uk/decus%20uk%202005/rx2600%20bare%20metal%20install%2001mar2005%20issue%201%2028feb2005.pdf
You'll probably find some of the stuff at http://www.xdelta.co.uk/seminars useful too - it's a collection of slides sets from various user group type sessions.
Have fun.
Cheers, Colin (http://www.xdelta.co.uk).
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тАО10-12-2007 02:04 AM
тАО10-12-2007 02:04 AM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
FWIW, the classic HP DVD distro format is dual-format, with the requisite El Torito records patched onto a classic disk ODS-2/ODS-5 structure. (Using the INITIALIZE /ERROR "disk block reservation mechanism.")
A typical BACKUP /IMAGE from the DVD over to else-disk will drop the El Torito stuff onto the floor, and the remaining structures should be bootable. (Possibly with a few tweaks with a setboot command.)
If you use CDDVD /COPY or such, you'll get a disk image.
The EFI boot filename and directory structure used does differ from DVD to disk. bootia64.efi versus vms_loader.efi.
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тАО10-12-2007 02:56 AM
тАО10-12-2007 02:56 AM
Re: booting i64vms from dvd
It was indeed Stephen the copy I was using that was taken and I was trying to boot from this.
I swapped this for the "real mccoy" and selected internal dvd boot and hey presto.
So once again thanks very much for all your help.
Best Regards,
Paul