Doug Unless you've got a specific reason to run OpenVMS 8.4 for an Alphaserver 1000A I'd recommend a version more in keeping with the age of the machine, either a variant of 7.3 or something earlier.
How much memory do you have installed? Regards, Mark. On 1 February 2018 at 17:55, Douglas Taylor via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I'm getting an Alphaserver 1000a and wanted to install VMS 8.4 - hobbyist > license from CD. > > So, I went to the folder on my PC where I have the 8.4 hobbyist > distribution. There are 3 ISO files; ALPHA084, ALPHA084LP1 and ALPHA084LP2. > > I thought I would burn these to CD and up and away. However, Windows 7 > balks and says, 'The selected disc image file isn't valid'. > > Is it Windows 7 or is there something I'm missing? Is the CD on the > Alphaserver 2048 byte block size or 512? > > Doug > > >
