[HECnet] Itanium install media

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