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Article #3919Re: VAX 11/750 and InfoServer 100
From: jeh
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:06
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:06
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In article <15DEC199211021097@loyola.edu>, cmelaro@loyola.edu (Chris Melaro) writes:
> We have just recently recieved a 11/750 with no documentation. I would
> like to be able to boot it from our InfoServer in order to upgrade to a newer
> version of VMS.
>
> I know that on our VAX 6310, we are able to do this with a command
> similar to:
> BOOT/XMI:A/R5:E0000100 EXA0
>
> If anyone out there knows how to do the equivalent on a 11/750, or has any
> advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry, no can do. You can boot it from a disk on an HSC (connected via CI
adapter), or from a local disk. But the boot ROMs in the 750 (and the 730 and
780 as well) do not know how to boot from an Ethernet controller.
--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
drivers, internals, networks, applications, and training for VMS and Windows-NT
uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and
Chair, Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VMS Systems SIG
Internet: jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!cmkrnl!jeh From: jeh@cmkrnl.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: VAX 11/750 and InfoServer 100 Message-ID: <1992Dec15.200604.970@cmkrnl.com> Date: 15 Dec 92 20:06:04 PST References: <15DEC199211021097@loyola.edu> Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA Lines: 22