Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes: On Wed, 2 Oct 2013, Kari Uusim=E4ki wrote:=0D =0D On 2.10.2013 23:11, Cory Smelosky wrote:=0D Hello,=0D =0D I finally managed yo get a console working on this...so I want to get it= =0D on to HECnet again=0D =0D However when booting from CD-ROM: %SYSBOOT-E-System version mismatch=0D found EXEC_INIT.EXE=0D =0D What am I forgetting to do?=0D =0D =0D It would be much easier to diagnose if you would describe how you are doi= ng =0D the boot, with which parameters and in which phase you get the error mess= age.=0D Even better to post the whole booting session output from your console.= =0D =0D =0D Simply: boot dka300 (DKA300 is the CD-ROM)=0D =0D It does this shortly after loading the boot images. 7.2 gets =0D further...but it BUGCHKs before entering BACKUP.=0D Are these OPenVMS installation disks you burned yourself? Are you trying to read these with an RD45 or earlier? -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.