7 Feb
2003
7 Feb
'03
2:53 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:18:37AM -0800, Ian King wrote:
I think I've done enough homework and legwork to
feel like I can ask the
list a question now. :-) I've acquired an 11/73 and want to install
2.11BSD on it; it includes a TK50 and RX33.
Sounds like a fun box.
The two ways I tried to put the boot files on
were per the instructions (cat mtboot mtboot boot | dd), and not per the
instructions (dd mtboot, dd mtboot, dd boot).
Since I just went through this a few weeks ago, I'll mention that this won't
work because you won't ende up with the boot programmes aligned on block
boundaries. The "maketape" command supposedly works well, and I made a tape
with it, but never did get around to trying to actually boot that tape.
With no way to troubleshoot the TK50 drive, I then
tried to put at least a
boot sector on a 1.2MB floppy, using rawrite on a PC; I copied mtboot +
mtboot + boot to an intermediate file, then used rawrite to put that on the
floppy. I got the same "Error 21".
I don't know whether that would do anything useful, since AFAIK the boot
blocks assume tape.
While there's a stubborn side that wants to
figure out how to build bootable
media :-) I'd also be happy at this point to get a copy of a bootable TK50;
I have blank tapes....
Whereabouts are you? Someone can likely help.
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