Boot off an EVA5000

[Robert Brothers]

Trying to boot VMS 7.3-2 from cd to do a new build, the console sees it "$1$dga800" but when I boot VMS from the cd it does not. Any thoughts??

[Jan van den Ende]

Rob,

a know issue.

Virgin 7.3-2 does not support EVA devices.
So, it is a chicken-and-egg story, but here there IS an escape.
Boot and 8.2 CD, exit to $$$, mount the 7.3-2 CD, and install from there.
Apply the necessary patches (included in UPGRADE_V002, but you will do better with the latest upgrade), and now you can boot a version that supports EVA.

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[Andy Bustamante]

Another option is to install VMS to a supported device, such as scsi or HSG for example, load ECOs and then use backup to move the system drive to the EVA. This being OpenVMS, you could even install to scratch drive on a testing server, create a tape backup and restore on the final platform.


Andy

[Robert Brothers]

After I mount the 7.3-2 CD what then?

[Jan van den Ende]

Rob,

"After I mount the 7.3-2 CD what then? "

Eh, I never had to do that.
I guess
PROD INSTAL OPENVMS/SOURCE=..

Can anyone who KNOWS exactly please step in?
And I dod not even think of Andy's suggestions, (though I DID do similar things quite a lot, some 15 years ago!) but those are also very workable!

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[Volker Halle]

Rob,

I would suggest to install V7.3-2 onto a local disk first, apply the most recent patches and then copy that local disk to the EVA new system disk (after booting from the V8.2 CD).

Volker.

[Volker Halle]

Jan,


Virgin 7.3-2 does not support EVA devices


I remember having used a V7.3-2 CD to copy a local disk to a fibre chanel disk. Whether this works, mainly depends on the Fibre Channel Adapters present in the Alpha system. Some of these adapters are not supported with 'virgin' V7.3-2.

If you boot from the CD and don't see PGA and FGA devices, then the system can't configure your Fibre Channel adapter (KGPSA-xx) and you can't see your EVA disks.

Volker.