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Personal Workstation -au, V7.1-2, IDE CD-ROM?

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The Question is:

 
We have:
Alpha Personal WS 433au
CDROM IDE
OpenVms 7.1-2 in CD
We try to boot from CD but the computer seems to be in a neverending loop.
It is supposed that there is no problem with openvms 7.1-2 and CD IDE, is
there?
 
Thanks,
Rafa

The Answer is :

 
  There are several potential ECO fixes that may be involved here and
  two peripheral controllers.
 
  As a start, please acquire the available hardware ECO kit.  (Though
  resolving this using ECO kits is obviously somewhat problematic when
  the difficulty arises with the OpenVMS installation kit.)
 
  The Personal Workstation "-a" series is not supported by OpenVMS,
  while the Personal Workstation "-au" series is supported.
 
  OpenVMS can boot directly from a supported IDE CD-ROM only on those
  DIGITAL Personal Workstation systems with the Cypress PCI Peripheral
  controller (Miata/GL), and cannot boot from systems with the Intel SIO
  (Miata/MX5).  (Use the console command SHOW CONFIG to determine which
  of these you have.)  On systems with the Intel SIO, a SCSI CD-ROM drive
  is required.
 
  If you have the Cypress controller and a supported IDE CD-ROM drive
  amd you cannot bootstrap, please contact the Compaq Customer Support
  Center for assistance -- this appears to be a supported configuration
  and should bootstrap.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 24-AUG-1999 )
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