On 30.6.2011 10:10, Mark Benson wrote:
Hi guys.
(apologies if this arrives twice - it's way too early in the morning and I got woken
up even ealier!)
Still never got to fixing the DECW setup on the Alpha. Will sort that some time, maybe.
Got to work out how to get files off the machine. :)
I have a second OpenVMS project now. I have an Atom D410PT system (Mini-ITX board) with a
16GB SSD and a SD card reader that runs NetBSD 5.1 and SIMH. I have successfully
bootstrapped SIMH and OpenVMS 7.3-1 (I think it's -1 not sure, definitely 7.3) onto a
virtual disk. So now I have a silent, power efficient machine with which to get up to
speed on OpenVMS basics. I can also backup the disk images periodically so if I make a
blunder it's a no-brainer to get the working system back.
First barrier I hit is TCP/IP. I don't think the 7.3 Install script ever asked me to
install it. It asked for DECNet-Plus (which I declined) and DECNet-PhaseIV (which I gladly
accepted) but no TCP/IP support. Did I do something wrong or is it a separate install on
VAX? It was included with 8.3 Alpha.
When I try to:
SET DEF SYS$MANAGER
@TCP$CONFIG.COM
It barfs and says the file is not found. I have licences registered for UCX and
UCX-IP-CLIENT. If TCP/IP was installed it would surely have just failed on a license issue
if the license wasn't in place, though?
--
On a semi-related note I noticed something installing 7.3 that it said not to install
DECNet-Plus if you want to use DECNet-PhaseIV. Since HECNet is PhaseIV I didn't
install Plus on the VAX EMulator, but I *did* IIRC on the Alpha. Will the Alpha need a
re-install or reconfiguration of some kind to run on HECNet?
Hi,
The last VAX-VMS version is V7.3. There has never been a V7.3-1 for VAX, but only for
Alpha.
You need to install TCP/IP separately. It can be done from the V7.3 VAX-VMS media. That
version isn't the latest so if you want to install the latest, you have to use a later
SPL media.
Both DECnet-plus and DECnet Phase IV work similarly, but the configuration and management
is quite different. DECnet-plus offers OSI and TCP/IP integration with DECnet (e.g.
DECnet-over-TCP/IP).
You don't need to change your Alpha installation if you just want to run DECnet. If
you did configure DECnet-plus for just DECnet use, you'll be fine with it.
I don't know if the DECnet-over-TCP/IP functionality will work with HECnet, because I
haven't had time to test it, but pure DECnet should work fine.
Kari
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