On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:32:28 -0500 (EST), you wrote: %ISL-F-BADOPEN, unable to locate SYSBOOT ?06 HLT INST PC= 000067C4 PSL= 041F0000 So at this point it eliminates LDDRIVER being part of the problem. I'm starting to think that either the host-based Infoserver does not support VAX network installation or the service is somehow not properly configured. Please, excuse me if I'll write obvious things, but... The Infoserver help says that the volume to be served has to be mounted /SYSTEM and either /NOWRITE or /FOREIGN, have you done that? You can see the connected clients by useing the Infoserver management command: Infoserver> show last This command does not work on my host-based Infoserver. On the host-based thing you have to do something like (I suppose): $ LASTCP == "$SYS$SYSTEM:ESS$LASTCP" $ LASTCP SHOW CLIENTS See also: $ HELP @ESS$LASTCPHELP $ HELP @ESS$INFOSERVER Another option would be to turn MISER into a cluster (temporarily) and satellite boot the VAX, but I'd want to take an /IMAGE backup of MISER first as I don't want to wreck him ... I'd cry if I lost all of my customizations ... :) For this purpose you may also want to use a SIMH emulated VAX or create an image of the installation CD-ROM volume into another hard disk and install the latter into the target machine, then boot from it. :-) HTH, G.