From: Mike Rechtman [michael.rechtman@hp.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:43 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: Running VMS off CD

Doc.Cypher wrote:
> 
> For those that have noticed I have an interest in remailers (duh!). The good
> news is that the new Type-III remailer (Mixminion) is written in Python and
> will therefor be runnable on VMS.
> 
> Any system such as that should be as secure as possible, and I'm wondering
> about the possibility of booting and running off CD.
> 
> Has anyone done this?  If so, is XFC enough of a performance booster to make
> this a viable proposition?  What would be a reasonable amount of memory for
> the system?
> 
> Thanks for any advice.
> 
> Doc.
> --
> OpenVMS.         Eight out of ten hackers prefer *other* operating systems.

Did that recently, more or less as an excercise, mostly on VAX:
1. On Alpha set WLKSYSDSK to 1 (*before* you burn your CD)
2. On VAX I edited a few SYS$STARTUP:VMS*_50-*.com files, to cut log-
   file requirements.
3. Still on VAX - During startup I see an error relating to the security
   database, but boot continued.
4. If you have sufficient memory, create a small RAMdisk. E.g. -
Apparently
   SYSUAF.DAT has to be writable to allow user logins. Putting a swap or
   page-file on a RAMdisk would seem to be a waste though...

My starting point was an image-copied  V7.3-1 distro to an LD disk,
(V7.3 for
VAX) and worked from there

Mike.
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