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Disabling the AUTOBOOT "feature"

Last post by frenchie68 « Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:15 am
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by frenchie68 » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:15 pm
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I am operating an x86_64 OpenVMS 9.2-3 instance under VirtualBox 7.
After a few painful attempts, I have been able to reach the UEFI menu.
The thing...
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Last post by frenchie68
Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:15 am
SYS$EXAMPLES location

Last post by vaarwerk « Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:29 pm
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by vaarwerk » Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:14 am

Greetings!

I've recently installed the latest Community VDMK and got VMS running. When I want to setup users, I'm looking for a ADDUSERS.COM that is...

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Last post by vaarwerk
Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:29 pm
Ovms 9.2-3 community.vmdk install/config issue

Last post by anamika « Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:50 am
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by anamika » Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:38 am

Folks
On Jan 16th, I received the download link for Ovms 9.2-3 hobbyist release.
On attempting to configure a virtual disk for the new VM using...

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Last post by anamika
Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:50 am
new vmdk not bootable??

Last post by spoofy « Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:39 am
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by clausand » Sun Dec 29, 2024 2:37 pm
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after a long break i decided to give openvms another try

downloaded the new community package and prepared the vmdk and a vm (proxmox)

my config:...
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Last post by spoofy
Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:39 am
Product Install Problem when trying to install OPENSSH

Last post by sms « Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:47 pm
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by cromwoli » Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:13 am

I am running my VMS system in a VM on a Linux (Mint) host. I want to use the X11 Forwarding function in OpenSSH, so I have downloaded the latest...

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Last post by sms
Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:47 pm
[SOLVED] Setting SYSTEM password for intial install

Last post by sterlingphoenix « Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:58 am
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by sterlingphoenix » Tue Jan 07, 2025 2:57 pm

EDIT: I was able to solve this -- thanks to the notes below I found a solution that works on Linux.

I used an xterm for this -- it might work on...

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Last post by sterlingphoenix
Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:58 am
OpenVMS 9.2-2 Community edition on KVM / Jenkins

Last post by dmjb « Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:45 am
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by malmberg » Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:50 pm
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I just setup an OpenVMS 9.2-2 Community edition on KVM with Fedora/41 for use by a Jenkins systems to do automated builds.

I documented the steps...
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Last post by dmjb
Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:45 am
Virtualbox and VMDK

Last post by paulcotton « Sun Dec 22, 2024 7:47 am
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by aussiesusan » Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:48 pm
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Environment: Windows 11 (fully patched) on an IntelNUC PC.
Installed VirtualBox 7.0.14r161095.

From the email I have downloaded the VMDK zip file...
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Last post by paulcotton
Sun Dec 22, 2024 7:47 am
Differences between Alpha console variables and F$GETENV

Last post by snadow « Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:24 am
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by snadow » Sat Dec 14, 2024 9:17 pm

So I have an AlphaServer ES40. It's running OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2. The system disk, DSA0:, is a three volume shadowset. One volume is on a SAN, and...

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Last post by snadow
Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:24 am
PCSI error

Last post by cct « Wed Dec 11, 2024 12:32 pm
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by cct » Sun Dec 08, 2024 1:45 pm

On VMS9.2-2 I suddenly get the following error@

$ prod show prod
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
PRODUCT KIT TYPE STATE...

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Last post by cct
Wed Dec 11, 2024 12:32 pm
Where do I get this ESXi mentioned in installation docs?

Last post by arne_v « Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:38 am
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by vaxman » Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:06 am

Subject said it all. Google pointed me to Broadcom? Can't find it there.

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Last post by arne_v
Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:38 am
DECSET V13.0-2 - LSE

Last post by cct « Wed Dec 11, 2024 2:14 am
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by cct » Sun Dec 08, 2024 1:34 pm

I have this installed on both E9.2-3 and V9.2-2

LSE worked fine on both until yesterday, when I had to restart the VMs due to a power cut

I see I...

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Last post by cct
Wed Dec 11, 2024 2:14 am
Tomca V8.5-50A or V9.0-84 and OpenJDK "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: DMH.invokeVirtual_LL_L=Lambda

Last post by arne_v « Tue Dec 10, 2024 6:37 pm
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by m_detommaso » Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:11 am

As I often do, during my free time, I perform some tests of the products released by VSI; in the past few days I decided to test the new Tomcat on my...

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Last post by arne_v
Tue Dec 10, 2024 6:37 pm
VT420@38400 bps Flow Control Problem

Last post by frenchie68 « Tue Dec 10, 2024 9:27 am
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by frenchie68 » Sun Dec 08, 2024 11:02 am
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I am posting this this here because it seems to be the most relevant place.
I have been working on a text based implementation of Pac-Man for the...
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Last post by frenchie68
Tue Dec 10, 2024 9:27 am
settings not taking effect immediately, what am I doing wrong??

Last post by gauze « Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:34 am
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by gauze » Tue Nov 26, 2024 11:22 pm

Hi, I haven't used VMS in probably close to 20 years and started fooling around again with the hobbiest license install in a VM and I have run into...

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Last post by gauze
Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:34 am
sysinit process takes 50% longer on 9.2-3 vs. 9.2-2

Last post by hb « Tue Nov 26, 2024 5:41 am
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by jonesd » Fri Nov 22, 2024 7:50 pm

I have a somewhat optimized boot process for the OpenVMS VM on my laptop (Virtualbox hypervisor) and after upgrading to 9.2-3, accounting records...

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Last post by hb
Tue Nov 26, 2024 5:41 am
Unrecognized boot device (9.2.1)(win10)(VirtualBox7)

Last post by rjolbrich « Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:49 pm
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by rjolbrich » Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:08 pm

Hello,
I completed a successful installation of OpenVMS 9.2.1 several months ago
under a community license. Today, it would not boot. It does not...

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Last post by rjolbrich
Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:49 pm
Setting the Password on 9.2-1 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22

Last post by guy1a « Sun Nov 03, 2024 12:06 pm
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by ohmeadhbh » Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:49 pm

After downloading the image from and following instructions at to install into a VirtualBox virtual machine, I hit a snag where I was to select the...

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Last post by guy1a
Sun Nov 03, 2024 12:06 pm
How to get VMS running on VMware?

Last post by arne_v « Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:18 am
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by craigcanberra » Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:54 am

Greetings all - newbie here. Well I'm an old VMS sys admin and I've used VMware before but for the life of me I can't get the VMS download going on...

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Last post by arne_v
Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:18 am
VMS842L1A_UTILITY-V0200 where to find

Last post by joukj « Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:42 am
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by joukj » Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:37 am

Hi

I see in the service portal that the ECO VMS842L2A_MISC-V0100 is released. In the release notes I read that for V8.4-2L1 (AXP) the ECO...

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Last post by joukj
Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:42 am
can I install VMS842L2A_MISC-V0100 without VMS842L1A_UTILITY-V0200 on 8.4-2L1 (AXP)?

Last post by mister.moderator « Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:34 am
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by joukj » Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:38 am

Hi

I would like to install VMS842L2A_MISC-V0100 on my V8.4-2L1 Alpha-system. However according to the release notes this kit depends on...

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Last post by mister.moderator
Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:34 am
OpenVMS update on Shadow system disk

Last post by reinhardtjh « Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:36 pm
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by indy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:30 am

When trying to install V 9.2-3 the system tells me that the system disk which is in a shadow set cannot be updated. No idea what is going wrong.
Any...

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Last post by reinhardtjh
Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:36 pm
System Disk in Shadow Set

Last post by m_detommaso « Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:54 am
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by indy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:44 am

Hi
I installed OpenVMS 9.2-1 some time ago and since then the system disk DSA0 is a shadow disk with DKA0 as the only member. I do not see where this...

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Last post by m_detommaso
Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:54 am
X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN.COM renders system unbootable

Last post by sms « Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:18 pm
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by vkorkko » Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:59 pm

I had a nasty surprise because of this nice tool

sys$system:X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN.COM

I have of course used its ALPHA ja I64 counterparts over...

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Last post by sms
Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:18 pm
Boot issue with VirtualBox VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND

Last post by rawbar « Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:06 pm

by rawbar » Thu Aug 29, 2024 11:17 am

Hi all, noob here (ex-DEC, been ages since I've played with VMS and I'm looking forward to this).

I have installed VirtualBox. Also note I have...

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Last post by rawbar
Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:06 pm

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