Hi Folks, I'm a total OpenVMS Newbie, I bought a used AlphaPC 164SX based system with DEC Alpha 21164PC with RM Console on it (Ver 5.8-1) and I'm trying to install OpenVMS V7.3-1 from the hobbyist CD. It seems to hang on "jumping to bootstrap code"; >>show dev AlphaPC 164SX based system with DEC Alpha 21164PC with RM Console on it (Ver 5.8-1) dka 100.1.0.2001.0 DKA 100 SEAGATE ST15150N 0017 dka 200.2.0.2001.0 DKA 200 nec cd-rom drive:465 1.03 dva0.0.0.0.0 DVA0 ewa 0.0.0.2000.0 EWA0 00-00-F8-23-99-94 >>boot dka200 (boot dka200.2.0.2001.0 -flags A) block ) of dka200.2.0.2001.0 is a valid boot block reading 969 blocks from dka200.2.0.2001.0 bootstrap code read in base 200000, image start = 0, image_bytes = 79200 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at 7 fee 000 initializing machine state setting affinity to the primary CPU jumping to bootstrap code _ It seem's to be reading the cdrom. I suspect that it might be a hardware compatibility issue; -NEC CDR-1910A SCSI CD-ROM -Seagate ST15150N 4.29GB SCSI Hard Drive -Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 4MB PCI graphics card -DEC 54-23248 SCSI/Ethernet adapter (based on DEC 21040 and QLogic chipsets) -DEC DEFPA-AB FDDI Adapter Can anyone point me in the direction of a definitive hardware compatibility list(I checked the HP site but could not find anything)? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very excited about learning about OpenVMS. best regards, Haydn

Check the OpenVMS FAQ : http://h71000.www7.hp.com/faq/vmsfaq_021.html#alphapc

Thanks erensm. best regards, Haydn