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
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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