this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

OpenVMS 8.3 Alpha installation 

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Boot the cdrom 

From the SRM console (here an alphaserver 800), eventually switch to serial mode, 

set console serial

init

Make the system stop automaticly at SRM console, define the OS type and disable stupid reboot behaviours, 

set auto_action halt

set os_type openvms

set boot_reset off

Boot the openvms cdrom, 

show dev

boot -flags 0,0 dka400

note. change dka400 accordingly 

Installation 

During installation, we choose the defaults but: 

- ODS-2 filesystem, to be compatible with vms/vax 

- without DECnet, DECnet-Plus and DECnet Phase IV, just using HP TCP/IP Services 

- no Product Authorization Keys yet (will be fixed later with @sys$update:vmslicense) 

- without DECwindows Motif 

First boot 

Make sure boot_dev, bootdef_dev point to the relevant disk, 

show dev

show boot_dev

show bootdef_dev

Remove any boot flag and make the system boot automaticly, 

set boot_osflags

set auto_action boot

boot

OpenVMS configures itself, autogen and sutff, reboots, and you're ready to go.