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The Question is: Dear Wizard, I created a Container-File with CDRECORD.COM, wrote with sys$system:axpvms$install_pcsi_min.com a minimum VMS to lda1: (the containerfile), burned the file to CDR, booted with the newly created CDR and got a message that the medium is read-only followed b y a mount-verification message. The system never came back from this mount-verification. What can I do to create an bootable CDR ?? I would only need to have a backup command on the cdr, for restoring a included saveset with my application also delivered with this cdr. regards alfred The Answer is : The OpenVMS Wizard will assume you have the appropriate licenses and can legally copy OpenVMS in the requested fashion. If not, you will need to acquire the necessary licenses and permissions. The OpenVMS Wizard must assume a great many details here, but will assume that the particular CD-R device, the bootstrap CD-R device, or the ATA/IDE bus bootstrap is not supported. Some of the more common cases involve an unsupported system, or an unsupported CD-R/CD-ROM bootstrap device, or an unsupported IDE/ATA/ATAPI bootstrap path. Various of the related discussions are available in the OpenVMS FAQ. The typical sequence for creating a bootable CD-R/RW disk involves use of an appropriately-sized LD partition and sys$system:axpvms$install_pcsi_min.com, followed by the recording of the partiton onto CD-R/RW media using one of the available CD-R/RW tools (as referenced in the FAQ). OpenVMS Alpha does not provide a bootable version of the traditional OpenVMS VAX standalone BACKUP environment, that was retired with OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 and later in favor of a fully bootable version of OpenVMS Alpha. You could, of course, acquire and use an OpenVMS Alpha distribution. Please contact the customer support center directly. Expect to be asked details of the configuration.
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