Installation manual

Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System

3.1 Booting Standalone BACKUP

3.1.3 Booting from the CD–ROM

If you are installing from the OpenVMS VAX operating system CD–ROM (your

VAX computer supports booting from a local CD–ROM or from an InfoServer),

you can use the full OpenVMS environment instead of the standalone BACKUP

environment to transfer the VMS073.B save set to your target system disk.

Although it may take slightly longer to boot OpenVMS than to boot standalone

backup, you might prefer the more robust OpenVMS environment. It provides

a greater range of commands and utilities than the standalone BACKUP

environment.

If you want to use the full OpenVMS environment, follow these steps:

1. Boot the CD-ROM and specify root 1. For example, from a local drive on a

VAXstation 4000 computer, enter:

>>> B/R5:10000000 DKA400:

If you are booting from an InfoServer device, enter a command that speciﬁes

root 1. For example, on a VAX 6000 computer, enter:

>>> B/R5:10000100/X:D/B:6 ET0

2. After you boot the OpenVMS CD–ROM, the system displays the following

menu:

1) Execute DCL commands and procedures

2) Shut down this system

Choose option 1 to execute DCL commands and procedures.

The system displays a triple dollar sign ($$$) DCL prompt to indicate that

you are in this specialized DCL environment.

You can ignore the following SYSINIT errors if they appear:

%SYSINIT-E, %SYSINIT, error opening system dump file, status = 00000910

%SYSINIT, primary PAGEFILE.SYS not found; system initialization continuing

%SYSINIT, no dump file - error log buffers not saved

%SYSINIT-E, error mounting system device, status = 007282EC

Important Note

During the installation, do not change the displayed system time, even

if it is incorrect. Attempting to change this value results in a write lock

error that requires a CD reboot.

3. Go to Section 3.2.3 to transfer the VMS073.B save set to your system disk.

3.2 Creating the System Disk

You create an OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3 system disk by transferring OpenVMS

VAX ﬁles from the distribution media to your system disk. (For certain ﬁles, you

have the option to transfer the ﬁles to your system disk or to an alternate disk.)

To transfer the OpenVMS VAX ﬁles from the distribution kit to your system disk,

perform the steps described in the sections that follow.

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