The CD ROM read errors from the previous day were down to SCSI (mis?)configuration. I had the cable attached to the storage array in two places, and I think that must have been incorrect. Removing the second connection allowed the OpenVMS 8.4 Alpha installation CD ROM to run to completion. This took a couple of hours to run, the CD ROM being a very slow unit.
Once it completed, the machine rebooted and came up by itself, offering the VERY long-awaited experience of the login prompt:
BUT, the fun's not quite over:
a) the clock on the I/O board must be faulty because it never remembers the date from boot to boot. OpenVMS prompts for the date at each startup, meaning it can't be left alone to boot. DALLAS chip surgery is required. See earlier posts for details.
b) I need to know if the EV5 CPUs have any life in them. Getting either the existing I/O card upgraded for EV5s or getting one of the several other ones I have working for EV5 is the next challenge...
c) ...
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