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Title:	"ASK THE WIZARDS"

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONEL

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1995
Last Modified:	Mon May 12 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1857
Total number of notes:	3728

1680.0. "Open: how to make a new system boot disk?" by STAR::JKEENAN () Fri Mar 21 1997 13:31

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:31:36 -0500
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
From: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com (19-Mar-1997 1031)
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Ask the Wizard: '[email protected]'

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Name: Raymond Prys
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where and how do i make a new system boot disk????
system is a vax 11-785.

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1680.1 Please See Documentation Set XDELTA::HOFFMAN Steve, OpenVMS Engineering Mon Mar 24 1997 17:17 25

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1680.1	Please See Documentation Set	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Mon Mar 24 1997 17:17`	25
	:where and how do i make a new system boot disk???? :system is a vax 11-785. Please see the OpenVMS Installation and Upgrade documentation for information on how to install OpenVMS on a clean disk -- the procedure is heavily documented, and information specific to the steps needed on systems such as the VAX-11/785 series is included in the document. You must first update the console floppy to support the target disk for the new system disk -- this is easiest from a running OpenVMS VAX system, but can be performed via explicit console commands. (This assumes the console floppy has not already been updated to include a bootstrap script for the specified target disk.) To create the new system disk, you start with the OpenVMS distribution media, which includes a standalone BACKUP kit, and you must perform a standalone backup restoration of the VMS071.B (for the OpenVMS VAX V7.1 release) onto the target disk. You then bootstrap the target disk, and complete the OpenVMS software installation process. I am omitting a large number of steps here -- specific commands are omitted, as they depend on the version, the target disk, and on the local configuration. (All this is covered in the OpenVMS Installation and Upgrade documentation.)

:where and how do i make a new system boot disk????
:system is a vax 11-785.

   Please see the OpenVMS Installation and Upgrade documentation for
   information on how to install OpenVMS on a clean disk -- the procedure
   is heavily documented, and information specific to the steps needed on
   systems such as the VAX-11/785 series is included in the document.

   You must first update the console floppy to support the target disk
   for the new system disk -- this is easiest from a running OpenVMS VAX
   system, but can be performed via explicit console commands.  (This
   assumes the console floppy has not already been updated to include
   a bootstrap script for the specified target disk.)

   To create the new system disk, you start with the OpenVMS distribution
   media, which includes a standalone BACKUP kit, and you must perform a
   standalone backup restoration of the VMS071.B (for the OpenVMS VAX V7.1
   release) onto the target disk.  You then bootstrap the target disk, and
   complete the OpenVMS software installation process. 

   I am omitting a large number of steps here -- specific commands are
   omitted, as they depend on the version, the target disk, and on the
   local configuration.  (All this is covered in the OpenVMS Installation
   and Upgrade documentation.)