DECstation bootable off RZ5x (650meg) disks?

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From: Doug Mildram
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 15:35

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I'm interested in buying a 650meg single or 2-pack for our DECsystem server
(DECsystem 3100 is no more than a graphics-less DECstation 3100, correct?)

The server supports DECstation 3100's and 2100's.

The salesmen believe the RZ56 (650 meg guts of RZ5x-DA, RZ5x-FA boxes)
is NOT SUPPORTED as a boot device -- is this a real barrier or 
something easily overcome?  

I can opt to keep a 300meg disk as root if that's preferable. 
Then all client roots would have to fit on 300meg as well...

thanks...
-- 
Doug Mildram 	  Technology Concepts Inc.
40 Tall Pine Dr.  uucp:	{anywhere}!uunet!tci!doug, doug@tci.bell-atl.com
Sudbury MA 01776  (508) 443-7311 x273

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From: doug@tci.bell-atl.com (Doug Mildram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: DECstation bootable off RZ5x (650meg) disks?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 15:35:18 GMT
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