Everhart, Glenn From: GWDVMS::MOELLER [moeller@gwdvms.dnet.gwdg.de] Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 6:14 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: [PK2K] Vs2000 SCSI disk boot code, beta test 2KVMB, the 'secondary' bootstrap that has allowed me to boot my VAXstation 2000s from SCSI disks, is now on-line, for interested beta-testers ... ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/pk2k/pk2k-boot_0010.zip (http://... also works; README.TXT included in .zip) Of course, it needs PK2KDRVR & friends installed on the disk in order to boot VMS (V5.5-2 is still the only version supported by PK2KDRVR). Find them (stable since 1997) in the same directory, pk2k_0012-*.zip . Due to underwhelming demand, even on my part, 2KVMB doesn't yet allow for booting from CD-ROM, or any other non-disk "random access" SCSI device. What size disks it can handle has yet to be explored (don't forget that VMS V5.5-2 has an 8GB limit, for most purposes); sure it's not the infamous 1GB ... BTW, 2KVMB is slightly smaller than the Vs2000 ROM VMB, so it's conceivable to 'plug it' into newly made ROMs. I'd know how to do it, but didn't try yet. Wolfgang J. Moeller, Tel. +49 551 2011516 or -510, moeller@gwdvms.dnet.gwdg.de GWDG, D-37077 Goettingen, F.R.Germany | Disclaimer: No claim intended! ----- -----