Installation manual

Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
3.2 Creating the System Disk
3.2.1 Determining Device Names
If you have not already done so, determine the device names for the source
drive, the target drive, and an alternate device if you will be using one. Write
these names on a piece of paper. You will need this information throughout the
installation. If either the source drive or the target drive is connected to an HSC,
you also need the name of the HSC. (To determine the value for hsc-name, see
Section 2.3.2 in Chapter 2.)
If you need more information about determining the device names for your
system, refer to the upgrade and installation supplement for your VAX computer.
3.2.2 Loading Distribution Media
Each piece of media in the distribution kit has a label that indicates its contents.
Place the media that contains the OpenVMS VAX operating system in the
source-drive.
If your OpenVMS VAX distribution kit consists of more than one piece of media,
place the first piece of media in the source-drive. For example, if you have a TK50
CompacTape cartridge kit, make sure the first tape is in the source-drive.
If you are installing from a compact disc, disc one of two is already in the drive.
3.2.3 Transferring VMS073.B to Your System Disk
Enter a BACKUP command in the following format to transfer the VMS073.B
save set to your system disk:
$ BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY [hsc-name]source-drive:VMS073.B/SAVE_SET-
_$ [hsc-name]target-drive:
Important Note
If you are using the full OpenVMS environment as described in
Section 3.1.3, you will see a triple dollar sign ($$$) instead of a single
dollar sign ($). In this environment, you must first mount the target drive
with the /FOREIGN qualifier before performing a BACKUP:
$$$ MOUNT/FOREIGN target-drive:
The BACKUP command must contain the directory specification [0,0]
after the source drive to find the saveset:
$$$ BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY [hsc-name]source-drive:[0,0]VMS073.B/SAVE_SET-
_$$$[hsc-name]target-drive:
Substitute the appropriate device names for hsc-name (if appropriate), source-
drive, and target-drive. Make sure you put a colon (:) after each device name and
that you use zeros rather than the letter ‘‘O’’ in the device names and in VMS073.
The square brackets ([]) indicate that you need the hsc-name only if the device is
connected to an HSC.
For example, if your system has a source-drive that is a local TU80 magnetic tape
drive with a device name of MUA0 and a target-drive that is an RA82 disk drive
with a device name of DUA1, enter the following command and press Return:
$ BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY MUA0:VMS073.B/SAVE_SET DUA1:
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