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The Question is: Can OpenVMS V7.3 be installed on a DIGITAL Server 3300 (model FR-K7H4W-AB)? This systems is currently running Windows NT 4.0. I want to REPLACE Windows NT with OpenVMS (not dual-boot the system). If it's possible, what are the steps? The Answer is : There is no supported means to do this -- the DIGITAL Server series, the DIGITAL Personal Workstation and the DIGITAL Ultimate Workstation series systems are all specifically for Microsoft Windows NT only, and the system and I/O hardware and the console firmware was not designed, tested, nor intended for use with any other operating systems. Yes, some of these systems can be similar to existing and supported systems. Yes, sometimes some folks have gotten OpenVMS to boot on certain of these unsupported configurations -- at least one used-equipment vendor's claims to the contrary. This similarity DOES NOT mean that the systems have the same hardware -- for one such example, see the FAQ section referenced in topic (7365) (and to a lesser extent, see topic (2566)) -- nor does it indicate that OpenVMS will be stable or supported on the hardware. Please see existing topics here in the OpenVMS Ask The Wizard (ATW) area, and please see the discussions of unsupported systems in the OpenVMS FAQ, and please see the many (related) discussions of OpenVMS (lack of) support of the "-a" series platforms here in ATW. Related topics include (3044), (3119), (3132), (3820), (3977), (4490), (4934), (5011), (5118), (5584), (5604), (7162), (7770), (7945), and (8379). Specifically in this case, please see (3044) and (5604). -- %SYSBOOT-I-FILENOTLOC, Unable to locate SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_E505.E %SYSBOOT-E-LDFAIL, failed to load execlet, status = 00000910 This indicates that CPU code E505 is not recognized -- the file specification is the name of the image that would support this E505 system, and the 910 error indicates the file cannot be found. To translate the hexadecimal error code status 910 to text: $ x=f$message(%x910) $ show symbol x X = "%SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file" The following also often works: $ exit %x910 %SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file
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