[rescue] Re: Running VMS on NetApp Alpha board

[Gavin Hubbard]

>On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Peter Corlett wrote:
>
>> I have an option on a board that has been pulled from a NetApp system.
It is
>> apparently an AT form factor board that has an Alpha processor but NetApp
>> firmware. I've been told it might be possible to get VMS running on this. I
>> don't have any further useful information on the board, sorry.
>> 
>> Apparently I can reflash the firmware to a "standard" version that will
boot
>> a traditional OS, but that the firmware has disappeared from DEC's site.
>
>There was a discussion of exactly this on here recently (search the
>archives for "NetApp F720 question").
>
>The consensus, ISTR, was "it's not a normal Alpha, and it won't run
>anything other than ONTAP".
>
>HTH,
>
>Ed.

Which reminds me. A very big thank-you to everyone who helped me get my
F720 up and running. It has been happily providing NFS and CIFS shares in
my testlab for about a month now. It seems to be as solid as a rock.

Regards,

Gavin