[HECnet] Boot VAX from Alpha host Infoserver?

[Steve Davidson]

My version splits out LAT from MOP, adds SCA (LAVc) and LAST
(InfoServer).   The LAT/MOP split has been verified to work.   LAVc
support is being tested now.   The LAST support testing is pending.   What
I have been doing is testing as the central hub.   I do not pass along
*anything* new to Update.UU.SE - I don't want the whole of HECnet to
suffer the traffic if this version isn't up to the task.

We know that it successfully builds on NetBSD V04.00 (because that's
what I run) and Ubuntu Linux (32-bit version only) because that's what
has been running on the other end.

My InfoServer-100 (ISIS) will be up later today with an earlier version
of VMS (V5.x I think, depends on what I can find) just for testing.

If you wish to test this version of bridge.c (bridge-2.2.c) contact me
off-list.

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of gerry77 at mail.com
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 14:26
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Boot VAX from Alpha host Infoserver?

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:19:38 -0500, you wrote:

I would be willing to put my InfoServer-100 (with a six-stack CDROM
drive) up on the HECnet segment.   With the new version of the bridge
that we are field testing it might be interesting to see what is

Will that new version be available on Johnny Billquist HECnet website as
an
official new release of the bridge or is a somewhat private fork?

possible.   I have just purchased a (real not hobbyist) VMS V7.3-1 kit
for VAXen to try this out on - it should be here sometime next week.

Anyway, IIRC, even a hobbyist CD-ROM would work in the same way, I'm
right?

I can make the system available to any and all who would like to login
to it and play/learn/hack etc.   When the VMS kit shows up I will send
additional mail.

Well, I'm very interested in the structure and contents of an InfoServer
system disk as it results from INITIALIZE and UPDATE SYSTEM commands.
When
you'll be ready to share, I hope we'll be able to arrange something to
let
me have a peek at that disk structure! 8-)

Thanks,
G.