[ILUG] [OT] Want to borrow SCSI cdrom

[Kenn Humborg]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 01:09:34AM +0000, Niall wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Kenn Humborg wrote:
> 
> > Anyone in the Galway area got a SCSI cdrom that I could borrow?
> > 
> > It would need to support 512-byte blocks, but I don't know how
> > you'd figure out if a drive does this or not (bar actually trying
> > it).
> 
> Come on, Kenn, fess up - what old pile of garbage are you trying to boot
> now ? I've been down that road with Suns, but I doubt you're trying to use
> anything as modern as, say, an IPX :-)

I've got a VAXstation 3100 Model 76, which has a SCSI interface built-in.
I've got two external SCSI disks, one blank and one with an old MIPS
Ultrix installation.  I've got a SCSI TK50 external tape drive.  And
I've got a VMS installation CD.

Now, how do I install VMS?  Two ways:

1. Borrow a CD-ROM drive.

2. Connect the TK50 to my linux box and try copying the installation kit
   to a bunch of tapes.  (Don't know if this will work.  Can Linux create
   ANSI-labelled tapes?)  Then install from tape.  Will take forever.

I probably should try option 2 so that I can say I've been there, done
that and made a T-shirt.

But option 1 sounds so much easier...

Now to figure out why the ethernet self-test is failing.  Argghh!

Kenn