  Booting OpenVMS on IDE Hard Disk? 
 The Question is:
 
Can VMS be installed on an IDE disk drive ?
 
I have read where VMS supports booting from an IDE CDROM, and this would
seem to be a logical extension.
 
I have a 164LX motherboard, and an IDE disk that the SRM 5.1-3 console shows
as jkc0.0.0.11.0, with a SCSI disk and CDROM, dka0 and dkb400. When I boot
the VMS 7.2 CDROM, and select the installation, and show the devices, the
IDE disk does not show. I was
 expecting it to show a JKC, DKC, or (from the IDE CD questions) a DQx
device.
 
Am I doing something wrong, or am I missing a piece of the puzzle? Do I need
the diskette patch kit as noted in the IDE CDROM questions?
 
 
 The Answer is:
 
  IDE hard disks are presently not supported by OpenVMS.  Use SCSI.
 
