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Chapter 5. DIGITAL OpenVMS Installation
EK–KZPCM–UG. B01 5–3
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It allows booting of third party devices.
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It de-couples device drivers from major DIGITAL OpenVMS releases such
that drivers can be added or modified between DIGITAL OpenVMS releases.
DIGITAL has added two files that are relevant to the third party boot mecha-
nism:
s
ys$system:sys$config.dat
and
sys$system:sys$user_config.dat
These files map I/O devices to their respective drivers.
Sys$config.dat
is pro-
vided by DIGITAL to support all devices known at the time the operating system
is kitted, and
sys$user_config.dat
is a blank template for adding additional de-
vices. The KZPCM Host Adapter installation procedure modifies
sys$user_config.dat
by appending an entry for DIGITAL products.
Perform these steps to install the driver.
1. Place the DIGITAL OpenVMS, Version V7.1-1H1, CD (DIGITAL part
number QA–MT1AD–H8) in the CD-ROM drive (this example uses
dka400).
2. Insert the KZPCM Host Adapter DIGITAL OpenVMS driver floppy diskette
in the floppy diskette drive (dva0).
3. The installation process requires three boots:
A. >>>
boot –flag 0,80000 dka400,dkb0,dva0
(where dka400 is the DIGITAL OpenVMS installation CD-ROM,
dkb0 is the target device for the installation, and dva0 is the KZPCM
Host Adapter driver distribution floppy).
The following questions
MUST
be answered exactly as follows. If you enter
keystrokes instead of accepting the defaults, the system will echo incorrect
responses.
On which device will the secondary media be mounted [default 2
(DVA0)]: (<CR>accept the default)
Is the secondary boot media ready in drive DVA0 (Y/N) [Y]:
(<CR>accept the default)
OpenVMS ™ Alpha Operating system, Version V7.1-1H1
%INITIODB-I-CHECKING_FORDEV, checking for foreign device defini-
tions.