Installation manual

Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System

3.2 Creating the System Disk

3.2.11 Installing OpenVMS Options

If you answer Yes to the prompt in Section 3.2.10, the installation procedure

begins restoring the OpenVMS options you have selected. After the installation

has completed, you can use the VMSTAILOR utility to remove any optional

OpenVMS ﬁles that you do not need. (For more information about using

VMSTAILOR, see Chapter 10.)

This step in the procedure varies, depending on whether your distribution kit is

on compact disc, tape cartridges, or magnetic tapes.

3.2.11.1 Compact Disc

If your distribution kit is on compact disc, leave the disc in the drive. The

procedure displays messages as it restores each of the OpenVMS options you

have chosen to install.

3.2.11.2 Magnetic Tape and Tape Cartridge

If your distribution kit is contained on open reel magnetic tapes or TK50

CompacTape cartridges, you may be asked to mount the second volume of the

kit. If you need to mount the second volume, your system will display a message

similar to the following:

Please mount volume 2 of the OpenVMS kit on <device>

where: <device> is the magnetic tape or tape cartridge drive.

The system displays one of the following messages:

• For a 9-track open reel magnetic tape, the message is similar to the following:

* Is the volume labeled OVMS VAX V7.3 BIN MT9 2/2 ready to be mount ed?

• For a TK50 CompacTape cartridge, the message is similar to the following:

* Is the volume labeled OVMS VAX V7.3 BIN TK50 2/2 ready to be mounted?

To respond to either message, do the following:

1. Unload the volume currently in the drive.

2. Examine the remaining volumes and select the one with the label that

matches the label speciﬁed in the prompt.

3. Load the volume and make the drive ready.

4. Answer YES to the question.

For information on which save sets are located on which tape volumes, refer to

Section 1.3.2.

3.2.12 Installing DECwindows Support Software

If you are installing DECwindows software, the procedure installs the

DECwindows options that you speciﬁed and displays messages similar to the

following:

Restoring DECwindows base support save set ...

%BACKUP-I-STARTVERIFY, starting verification pass

Restoring DECwindows workstation support save set ...

%BACKUP-I-STARTVERIFY, starting verification pass

Restoring DECwindows 75 dots per inch fonts save set ...

%BACKUP-I-STARTVERIFY, starting verification pass

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