Patches downloaded to MS XP CD

[Robert Jacobs]

I was having some problems with FTP, so I have downloaded two patches from the web

VMS732 FIBRE SCSI V0700PCSI DCX AXPEXE

DEC-AXPVMS TCPIP ECO V0504-154-4 DCX AXPEXE

they are now on the CD burned for my MS-XP PC.

I have loaded the CD in the CD ROM drive DQA0 on the alpha system.

My question is how to copy the files onto the VMS DISK DKD200:[products]directory

Can I use VMS backup or COPY commands in some fashion?

Thanks Robert

[Ian Miller.]

can you list the files on the CD using DIR after you have mounted the CD?
If you can then the files can be copied using COPY or BACKUP

[Peter Quodling]

What did you use to Burn on the XP PC? Any settings in said program (say for ISO9660, or the like..)

Q

[Volker Halle]

Robert,

OpenVMS can only mount 'foreign' CDs, if they have been written using ISO 9660 (or High Sierra) CD-ROM format (see HELP MOUNT/MEDIA).

Writing ODS-2 formatted CDs natively on a PC is not possible - as far as I know. If you want to write an ODS-2 CD, you would typically use a CD-writer on OpenVMS or create a CD image on OpenVMS (e.g. using the LD tool), FTP-copy that CD image to the PC and burn it as a 'raw' image to CD.

Maybe fixing your FTP problem would be a better alternative...

Volker.

[Willem Grooters]

If you have a CD-recorder in your VMS box, the utility CDRECORD is available (SYS$MANAGER:CDRECORD.COM), but there seem to be some issues with this utility (may need some adjustment, might require SCSI CD-RW, won't work with all CD-RW's, cannot create ISO-image).
Since I don't yet have a CD-RW in my PWS, I use a nasty way but it works. I also use the LD facility (*) and an older program named dfy$vmscd_a.exe (search Google for dfy$vmscd):

* On VMS, using the mentioned LD facility, create a container file about 650MB (1.280.000 blocks - leave some room), connect to it and mount it.
* INIT LD-device (since VMS "sees" is as a disk, INIT LDA will do). This will cause it to be ODS-2; /STRUCT=5 makes it a ODS-5 disk.
* Download the files onto XP system
* FTP the files to the LD-device (binary!)
* Run dfy$vmscd_a to create a CD image of the LD device; best extension you can give is .ISO.
* FTP this file, binary, to XP
* burn the image to CD.

(*) LD is "latent" on VMS 7.3-2, and the LD setup and command are included in SYS$MANAGER:CDRECORD.COM. I have taken the command definition from there and named it LD.CLD, and have "$ SET COMMAND LD.CLD" in SYLOGIN.COM, so it is available for all (privileged) users.
You can see it if this utility is enabled by $ SEHO DEV LD*. If LD is installed, theer will be an LD0 device. If not, it may be needed to execure SYS$STARTUP:LD$STARTUP.COM.

Willem

[Ian Miller.]

If you do use LD then get current version as previous versions had issues.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware70/ld/

[Robert Jacobs]

Thank you all for your help on this issue


The recorder I used on the PC MS-XP was Record Now. I tried to mount the cd on VMS using the mount/media=cdrom and it asked about a label.

I am not sure if the cd had been labeled. I have not had time to bring the cd back down from the lab and view it on my pc again.

I was able to ftp the patches from another pc in the lab and I now have a GS160 with 7.3-2 with firmware 6.9 and updated tcpip services and eco kits etc... to current levels from the download site from hp. I may be asking more questions in the future since I will be testing this system with IBM storage products. I have a unique job at the moment. Thanks again
Robert J.

[Martin Vorlaender]

>>>
I tried to mount the cd on VMS using the mount/media=cdrom and it asked about a label.
<<<

If mounting privately, you can tell it not to by adding /OVERRIDE=IDENT.

cu,
Martin

[Antoniov.]

Robert,
this is a log of session for reading cd-rom

A12SHS::SYSTEM mou - dka400:/media=cdrom/auto/over=id
%MOUNT-I-WRITELOCK, volume is write locked
%MOUNT-I-CDROM_ISO, JavaKit: (1 of 1) , mounted on _A12SHS$DKA400:
A12SHS::SYSTEM directory dka400:[000000]

Directory DKA400:[000000]

AUTORUN.INF;1 BCKGRD.GIF;1 COPIA^_DI^_HOMEPAGE.HTM;1
DEFAULT.HTM;1 DEFAULT1.HTM;1 DEFAULT2.HTM;1 DEFLEFTGEXP.HTM;1
DEFLEFTGEXP1.HTM;1 DEFLEFTGEXP2.HTM;1 DEVKIT.HTM;1 DEVKIT.ICO;1
DEVKIT.ITC;1 Doc.DIR;1 FIREHTM.EXE;1 FIRST_LEFT.HTM;1
GOBUTTON2.GIF;1 GROUP.HTM;1 HOMEPAGE.HTM;1 IE401.DIR;1
Images.DIR;1 LEFT.HTM;1 LEFT2.HTM;1 OptPack.DIR;1
Software.DIR;1 TEXTGROUP.GIF;1 TOP.GIF;1 TREECTL1.CAB;1
TREEGROUP.GIF;1 VJ^+^+.GIF;1 VJ^+^+1.GIF;1 VS2.JPG;1

Total of 31 files.
A12SHS::SYSTEM dism dka400
A12SHS::SYSTEM

Warning: mount/media=cdrom sometimes can't work on burned cd.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Peter Barkas]

Another possibility might be to use HTTP, instead of FTP, to download your patches, for example using Mozilla, if you have DECWindows?