todd@CINCOM.UMD.EDU ("TODD AVEN") (01/06/88)
[urp] Greetings, and Happy New Year! After growing old waiting for the DECman to load his fargin' uVAX microdiagnostics from floppy to find out that the DHV11 is fine, it's just a broken Berg connector on the distribution panel, I said to myself, "Gee, there MUST be a better way!" Am I right? You tell me. What I'd like to do is put those wonderful diagnostics on the disk in, say, DUA0:[SYS1...]. Then I could do a number like ">>> B/1000000000000000000 DUA0" (how many zeroes is it???), and WHIZ-BANG-BLOOEY I'd be ready to rule out all the obscure problems. Of course, I've never messed with VAXELN, so I'm asking anyone out there if it's reasonable/possible to put VAXELN on a FILES11/ODS2 disk and boot it as an alternate system, like standalone backup? Answers to me, complaints to NLA0:, summaries to info-vax at a later date. There is REALLY no need to answer directly to the net, as I'll wrap things up nice and neat without all the extra header trash, with proper creditation to the responders and save us all a few bits and bytes. Remember Kant! Regards, Todd Aven the Software Sweatshop ------
carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) (01/07/88)
> After growing old waiting for the DECman to load his > fargin' uVAX microdiagnostics from floppy to find out > that the DHV11 is fine, it's just a broken Berg connector > on the distribution panel, I said to myself, "Gee, there > MUST be a better way!" Am I right? You tell me. I don't know whether it can be done on a uVAX, but on a 780 you can boot diagnostics (also in VAXELN) from a hard disk. > What I'd like to do is put those wonderful diagnostics > on the disk in, say, DUA0:[SYS1...]. Then I could do > a number like ">>> B/1000000000000000000 DUA0" (how many > zeroes is it???), and WHIZ-BANG-BLOOEY I'd be ready > to rule out all the obscure problems. On a 780, you put the diagnostics in the directory [SYSMAINT] instead of in an alternate root. Then you use a boot procedure that corresponds to the command: >>> B/R5=10 on a uVAX. > Of course, I've never messed with VAXELN, so I'm asking > anyone out there if it's reasonable/possible to put > VAXELN on a FILES11/ODS2 disk and boot it as an alternate > system, like standalone backup? It can be done, at least on a 780. It may be doable on a uVAX; in fact, the company we have doing hardware maintenance here has asked me to look into the problem. If I find an answer, I'll post it.