Gerry,
Your friend with the I64 on your retro network wouldn't be willing to share some layered product installers (i.e. compilers etc), I've got the paks but again no install media.
Sampsa
On 15 Sep 2008, at 22:11, gerry77 at mail.com wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:52:24 +0100, you wrote:
Yeah, the EFI stuff is ACTUALLY quite self explanatory, I think I
should be able to get the Netboot working. Now I don't actually have
a SCSI drive to do the install onto, so will have fun seeing what USB
devices will work :)
Are you sure you do want to go with a USB disk? Reading around about either
VMS or EFI USB support, it appears that it could be a nightmare... Wouldn't be
better to spend your efforts looking for a SCSI disk instead? :)
G.
Oh of course I'll get a SCSI disk in due time, like a week or so :)
But for now I'll try a USB drive, I think VMS on a pendrive would be a nice little hack.
Sampsa
On 15 Sep 2008, at 22:11, gerry77 at mail.com wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:52:24 +0100, you wrote:
Yeah, the EFI stuff is ACTUALLY quite self explanatory, I think I
should be able to get the Netboot working. Now I don't actually have
a SCSI drive to do the install onto, so will have fun seeing what USB
devices will work :)
Are you sure you do want to go with a USB disk? Reading around about either
VMS or EFI USB support, it appears that it could be a nightmare... Wouldn't be
better to spend your efforts looking for a SCSI disk instead? :)
G.
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:52:24 +0100, you wrote:
Yeah, the EFI stuff is ACTUALLY quite self explanatory, I think I
should be able to get the Netboot working. Now I don't actually have
a SCSI drive to do the install onto, so will have fun seeing what USB
devices will work :)
Are you sure you do want to go with a USB disk? Reading around about either
VMS or EFI USB support, it appears that it could be a nightmare... Wouldn't be
better to spend your efforts looking for a SCSI disk instead? :)
G.
Yeah, the EFI stuff is ACTUALLY quite self explanatory, I think I should be able to get the Netboot working. Now I don't actually have a SCSI drive to do the install onto, so will have fun seeing what USB devices will work :)
Sampsa
On 15 Sep 2008, at 20:50, gerry77 at mail.com wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:57:25 +0100, you wrote:
You seemed to know a bit about the integrity boxes, I've just got an
rx2600, but have NO idea what to do next.
I've hooked up the management processor to a DHCP-serving LAN, but
it's not picking up an IP address. Any idea how to reset it to factory
defaults?
I've seen on comp.os.vms that you've managed to resolve your problems and I'm
glad about that because I do not know anything about Itanium hardware: I'm an
Italian DECnet group member, that's true, and we do have an Itanium system on
our network, but... That system is in Rome and I'm in Bologna (about 500 km
north of Rome), so I've never put my hands on it! :-P
If I remember correctly you'll have to fiddle with EFI menus to start a PXE
network boot (a combination of bootp and tftp) and then using InfoServer you
should be able to start OpenVMS 8.x installation, then you'll have to fiddle
again with EFI to set back boot from a local disk or you can use the SETBOOT
command procedure (maybe in SYS$MANAGER or SYS$UPDATE) which should help you
in changing EFI setting quite easily...
Let me know!
G.
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:57:25 +0100, you wrote:
You seemed to know a bit about the integrity boxes, I've just got an
rx2600, but have NO idea what to do next.
I've hooked up the management processor to a DHCP-serving LAN, but
it's not picking up an IP address. Any idea how to reset it to factory
defaults?
I've seen on comp.os.vms that you've managed to resolve your problems and I'm
glad about that because I do not know anything about Itanium hardware: I'm an
Italian DECnet group member, that's true, and we do have an Itanium system on
our network, but... That system is in Rome and I'm in Bologna (about 500 km
north of Rome), so I've never put my hands on it! :-P
If I remember correctly you'll have to fiddle with EFI menus to start a PXE
network boot (a combination of bootp and tftp) and then using InfoServer you
should be able to start OpenVMS 8.x installation, then you'll have to fiddle
again with EFI to set back boot from a local disk or you can use the SETBOOT
command procedure (maybe in SYS$MANAGER or SYS$UPDATE) which should help you
in changing EFI setting quite easily...
Let me know!
G.
"Zane" == Zane H Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:
Zane> Stupid question, is it possible the SET HOST is connecting via
Zane> LAT rather than DECnet?
I wouldn't think so.
paul
Gerry,
You seemed to know a bit about the integrity boxes, I've just got an rx2600, but have NO idea what to do next.
I've hooked up the management processor to a DHCP-serving LAN, but it's not picking up an IP address. Any idea how to reset it to factory defaults?
Sampsa
On 15 Sep 2008, at 01:25, gerry77 at mail.com wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:17:06 +0100, you wrote:
Anyone know where I could borrow this, I'm picking up an rx2600
tomorrow?
There are two somewhat "secret" URLs from which you can download BACKUP/IMAGE
copies of the original installation DVDs for V8.3 and V8.3-1H1.
The most curious thing is that they're directly from HP, obviously not as an
official distribution, but maybe to informally spread new Itanium releases
among Hobbyists. Anyway, no one really knows why those files are there, so
it's better to keep their URLs reserved and not so publicly available.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms/private/I640831H1.BCK-GZ (1.8GB)
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms/private/I64083.BCK-GZ (1.6GB)
They were made with BACKUP/IMAGE (and not BACKUP/PHYSICAL), so they're not
directly bootable from EFI because they lack the FAT partition which is
present in the original DVD outside the ODS-2 volume. The easiest way to boot
and install from those images is to use an Alpha system with OpenVMS V8.3 to
serve them using the new InfoServer function. You'll need GZIP too.
http://docs.hp.com/en/BA322-90077/apb.html
We [1] used the InfoServer method and were up'n'running in a matter of
minutes. If you'll need further assistance (except on EFI) I'm here! :-)
If someone else offers you off-list something like Layered Products for
OpenVMS on Itanium, we'll be very grateful if you'll share with us! :-)
HTH,
G.
[1] http://decnet.ipv7.net
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:17:06 +0100, you wrote:
Anyone know where I could borrow this, I'm picking up an rx2600
tomorrow?
There are two somewhat "secret" URLs from which you can download BACKUP/IMAGE
copies of the original installation DVDs for V8.3 and V8.3-1H1.
The most curious thing is that they're directly from HP, obviously not as an
official distribution, but maybe to informally spread new Itanium releases
among Hobbyists. Anyway, no one really knows why those files are there, so
it's better to keep their URLs reserved and not so publicly available.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms/private/I640831H1.BCK-GZ (1.8GB)
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms/private/I64083.BCK-GZ (1.6GB)
They were made with BACKUP/IMAGE (and not BACKUP/PHYSICAL), so they're not
directly bootable from EFI because they lack the FAT partition which is
present in the original DVD outside the ODS-2 volume. The easiest way to boot
and install from those images is to use an Alpha system with OpenVMS V8.3 to
serve them using the new InfoServer function. You'll need GZIP too.
http://docs.hp.com/en/BA322-90077/apb.html
We [1] used the InfoServer method and were up'n'running in a matter of
minutes. If you'll need further assistance (except on EFI) I'm here! :-)
If someone else offers you off-list something like Layered Products for
OpenVMS on Itanium, we'll be very grateful if you'll share with us! :-)
HTH,
G.
[1] http://decnet.ipv7.net
