[Simh] Trying to install openvms 7.3 over a Beta install of openvms k7.2

[Johnny Billquist]

Also, unless I'm totally misremembering, the savesets can be anywhere. 
They do not have to be in the root directory.

   Johnny

On 2018-08-08 02:15, Zane Healy wrote:
> If this is under SIMH, simply create a image of the CD, and mount that under SIMH.
> 
> Zane
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 7, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Jeremy Begg <jeremy at vsm.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> With only 64218 free blocks on the system disk you might run into problems upgrading VMS regardless of where the savesets live.
>>
>> You could put them in the TLD of another disk.
>> You can delete the savesets after the upgrade is complete.
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On 8 Aug 2018, at 8:17 am, James W. Laferriere <babydr at baby-dragons.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Hello Jeremy ,
>>>
>>> On Tue, 7 Aug 2018, Jeremy Begg wrote:
>>> ...snip...
>>>>>    I Very vaugely remember a document that came with the Field Test kit
>>>>> that gave me a hint that it was possible to "Upgrade" from the K7.2 to the
>>>>> production version of 7.2 after the field testing was completed .
>>>>>    And of course that document is either extrememly buried or gone .
>>>>
>>>> If I recall correctly, to do a VMS upgrade on VAX you put the VMS kit
>>>> savesets somewhere easily found (e.g. top level directory of the VMS system
>>>> disk) then run
>>>>
>>>> $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL VMS073 DUA0:[000000]
>>>>
>>>> (assuming your kit savesets are VMS073.A, VMS073.B, etc and DUA0:[000000] is
>>>> where you put them).
>>>>
>>>> It's possible to tell VMSINSTAL to pause the installation so that you can
>>>> make changes to the kit:
>>>>
>>>> $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL VMS073 DUA0:[000000] OPTIONS RSP=A
>>>>
>>>> This will tell VMSINSTAL to unpack the .A saveset and then it wait at a
>>>> prompt.  Login from another terminal and edit the KITINSTAL.COM procedure
>>>> which you will find in a newly-created subdirectory of SYS$UPDATE.
>>>>
>>>> Somewhere in KITINSTAL.COM it will define the VMS version it is willing to
>>>> ugprade from.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>    Jeremy Begg
>>>
>>>    Working on getting the savesets copied over ,  But dua0:[000000] (*) contains critical files I'd really rather not pollute with the savesets .
>>>    Would creating a subdirectory there work too ?  I do have another disk (well disk file in simh) available I could use if that could work ?
>>>
>>>        Tia ,  JimL
>>>
>>> (*)
>>> $ dir VAXX1$DUA0:[000000] /size/date
>>>
>>> Directory VAXX1$DUA0:[000000]
>>>
>>> 000000.DIR;1               1  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> BACKUP.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> BADBLK.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> BADLOG.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> BITMAP.SYS;1             229  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> CONTIN.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> CORIMG.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> INDEXF.SYS;1           63981  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> SECURITY.SYS;1             1  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>> SYS0.DIR;1                 1  29-SEP-1998 10:28:01.01
>>> SYSEXE.DIR;1               1  29-SEP-1998 10:28:27.45
>>> TCPIP$FTP.DIR;1            1  22-JUL-2018 16:02:26.81
>>> VMS$COMMON.DIR;1           3  29-SEP-1998 10:28:00.49
>>> VOLSET.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
>>>
>>> Total of 14 files, 64218 blocks.
>>>
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