I've been looking over the recent 4.3-ish BSD distributions
now available from the PUPS archive. Thought I'd spin off
a copy for booting on one of my spare uVax II's, but I'm stuck
at (literally) before step one, and don't know where to go from here.
If there's a more appropriate forum for these questions, I'd
appreciate being redirected to them!
OK, Before Step I, as doucmented in 4.3_on_uVax_instructions, is:
YOU MUST ALREADY HAVE A WORKING VAX! These instructions are useless on
a cold machine. You must have a 4.3 machine and a working uVax (probably
Ultrix!) with a tk50 drive.
Apparently, this is because the distributions don't boot on a
Microvax, and the KA630 Microvax/MSCP/TMSCP patches must be installed
and many things rebuilt on a 4.3 machine before a distribution tape can
be built to put on a VAX.
Is this an actual limitation on the 43reno.vax distribution currently
in the archive, or not? If it is a real limitation, what non-
microvax machines will the 43reno.vax distribution boot on? 11/750?
11/730?
Tim. (shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com)
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