From:	SMTP%"fenster@star.enet.dec.com" 26-JUL-1994 11:55:16.08
To:	EVERHART
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Subj:	RE: Writeboot on AXP

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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 94 11:43:12 EDT
From: "Yaacov Fenster, Operating systems Quality and tools Group @ZKO3/4W15 381-1154  26-Jul-1994 1140" <fenster@star.enet.dec.com>
To: macro32@wkuvx1.wku.edu
Cc: everhart@arisia.gce.com, fenster@star.enet.dec.com
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Subject: RE: Writeboot on AXP

> From:	US2RMC::"MACRO32@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU" "MAIL-11 Daemon" 26-JUL-1994 11:35:00.12
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> Subj:	Writeboot on AXP
> 
> I want to set up a copy of a system disk on AXP. Having gotten it, on
> VAX I would have run writeboot to write the bootstrap. However on AXP
> there's nothing like VMB around and the copy will NOT boot with just
> a copy of things on it. So how do you write a boot block on an axp?
> (This is 1.5...)
> Thanks much
> Glenn Everhart
> Everhart@Arisia.gce.com

What you need to write is (sys$system)apb.exe. When you execute writeboot, you
get the following log:

$ mc writeboot
Update VAX portion of boot block (default is Y) : n
Update AXP portion of boot block (default is Y) :
Enter AXP boot file : sys$system:apb.exe


	Hope this helps,

		Yaacov
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