[HECnet] Bringing up a MicroVAX 3100-80

[Steve Davidson]

If you can mount it some how, try...

$ mount/override=id dka100:
$ analyze/disk/repair/read dka100:

-Steve

SF:IP2

> On Mar 30, 2020, at 18:14, G. <gerry77 at mail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:51:21 -0400, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
> 
>> What is the recommended way to recover from "FILNOTCNTG" error?
> 
> Boot the system in some other way (cluster satellite, CD-ROM, etc.) and
> check that SYSBOOT.EXE is contiguous:
> 
> $ DIR/FULL DKA100:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]SYSBOOT.EXE;0
> 
> The "File Attributes" line must show "Contiguous" and hopefully "MoveFile
> disabled" too. If not, COPY/CONTIGUOUS it to a newer version of the same in
> the same directory and try the boot again.
> 
> The other possibility is that the volume is damaged or does not contain a
> valid VMS file structure. In this case the FILNOTCNTG error is just an
> indication that VMB.EXE (in ROM) got very confused by your disk's contents.
> 
> HTH, :)
> G.
>