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From: parker@waters.mpr.ca (Ross Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re:  Ultrix/32 & VMS
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Date: 2 Mar 89 01:36:14 GMT
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In article <18496@adm.BRL.MIL> drs@bnlux0.bnl.gov (David R. Stampf) writes:
>>From: senetza%vp.uleth.adhocnet.ca%UNCAEDU.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu
>>
>>Our institution is considering the purchase of some VAXStation 3100's so that
>>we can run both Ultrix/32 and VMS.  We've been told, by Dec, that there will
>>be no problem with the 3100's running either of the OS's (they can choose the
>>operating system while booting up).  This is fine, we can live with this.  But,
>>I've got some questions about the compatability twixt the two.
>>
>	I would check this out - as far as I know, the 3100 only runs ultrix
>and dec had no plans to port vms to the risc architecture.  If vms is
>important to you, the 3100 is not.
>

The *DECstation* 3100 only runs Ultrix... the *VAXstation 3100 will run either.
It seems a little ambitious, however, to be able to choose between VMS and
UNIX at boot time... the file systems are *waaaaaaaay* different. This would
perhaps be possible if you had a set of disks for UNIX, and a set for VMS.


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