Hi James,
Hello All , Some many years ago I was involved with the Beta testing of
OpenVMS 7.2 called K7.2 . VMSInstal does not recognize the K in the version
number and stops the upgrade with version NOT acceptable message .
What I geuess I'd like to do is LIE to the VMSInstal procedure by
removing the K from the reported version report .
Anyone ever had a chance to do this ?
No, but it shouldn't be too difficult with a modest amount of editing ...
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
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