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These are short notes that I have started writing for my personal reference. You should not use them instead of TFM, but after you have read it they might serve as a reminder. That there is more stuff about Digital Unix here than about OpenVMS just means that I do not depend that much on reminders when doing work with OpenVMS ;-)

General topics

• Switch from ARC to SRM console
• Check CPU type
• DECnet address conversion
• Decode DEC serial numbers
• IP address conversion
• Set Display on Front of AlphaServer
• Firmware updates on AXP
• Keyboard mapping in console mode.
• Basic NTP setup
• Glossary on relational databases.
• Short SQL reference (not complete!!!)
• Terminalserver and Terminal settings

OpenVMS

• Discussion of 32 vs. 64 bit
• Create a CDE action
• Command abbreviation
• Connect-to-interrupt
• Control-Keys
• Use DECterm escape Codes
• DECterm Xresources
• Short diskquota reference
• Short EDT linemode reference
• Create FDL for given file
• Image backup on AXP systems
• Imagelib and patch installation
• Installing fonts on X
• Installing known Images
• Check Network HW addresses
• Applications that need ODS-5 disks
• PALcode & Firmware revision
• Definition of program idents
• Quotes
• Installation of a Ramdisk
• Creating a shadow set
• Shareable Images
• Synchronize on a batch job
• System overview via f$getsyi
• TPU: Tips and Tricks
• Use VT-Codes to change the appearance of a text

Digital Unix

• Setup 8bit terminal
• Create files of defined size
• Advanced file system basics
• Performing backups
• Performing backup of root and usr filesystem
• Bookreader libraries
• Adding devices
• Device special files
• Changing disk partitions
• Using the ed editor
• General user settings
• Installed subsystems
• Memory size
• Mount file systems at system startup
• Mount file systems in single user mode
• Enable root login over remote terminals
• Change the kernel configuration
• Location of startup scripts
• Change the system configuration
• System managment tools
• Update tips
• How to find the DU version of your system
• Building a whatis database

Comments to: Martin P.J. Zinser
Last modified: 20040531