This page describes the process of booting the
ViewStation from a VMS host computer.
Booting the
ViewStation from a VMS Host
If you want to boot the ViewStation from a VMS host, you must first
load the HDSware on the host, as in the previous section. You must have
HDSware version 3.0.4 (both server code and bootprom) or higher, to
use this VMS booting procedure.
Effective with HDSware version 3.2, NFS booting is available.
This is the recommended method for starting the ViewStation in VMS
environments.
When you start the ViewStation, press "m" at the
beginning of the white screen to enter Monitor Mode. In Monitor Mode, make these settings:
Set the
ViewStation's IP address: ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
also set the netmask and gateway addresses, if needed
Set the HDSware (VMS) host address: hh
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
Set the HDSware path (VMS syntax):
hd <directory name>
as in the
example above, this is: hd HDS$HOME
Set the Configuration file: cf
/FXUtilities/[hds-fx.config]config.fx
note that
"FXUtilities" is an abbreviation for the path: hh + hd
Set the host type to VMS: set
HDSsetup.FXUtilities.hosttype: VMS
If needed, you can also set the file transfer protocol
to FTP, including the entry of a username and password with the "set"
command with the appropriate configuration resource names.
Select the FTP protocol: set
HDSsetup.FXUtilities.protocol: FTP
Set the username (for FTP): set
HDSsetup.FXUtilities.username: <username>
Set the password (for FTP): set
HDSsetup.FXUtilities.password: <password>
When all of these settings are made, you can boot the
ViewStation.
Boot the ViewStation: boot
This boots the ViewStation by loading the server code
file, whose location is specified in the configuration file, by means of
the file transfer protocol you specified. Both of these conditions must
be met - that is, the file must be in the location entered (the
configuration file knows the correct location unless the HDSware tree
has been modified), and the file transfer protocol (TFTP or FTP) must be
running and have access to that location.
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