7 Feb
2003
7 Feb
'03
6:23 p.m.
Yup, that's what I get for trying to be clever. :-) I built and ran
maketape, and the 11/73 likes the resulting tape (boots). So I'm remaking
the tape with the tar's on it (per the instructions).
I also happened to look at my work email, and saw the recent thread on this
same subject - doh!
Maybe we should add something to the /2.11BSD distribution README with the
caveats we've learned? -- Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Birch" <robinb(a)ruffnready.co.uk>
To: "Ian King" <iking(a)killthewabbit.org>
Cc: <pups(a)minnie.tuhs.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [pups] Bootable media for 2.11BSD
Use the maketape program in the sys/pdpstand
directory. You can build
this on most things and use it to create a bootable tape with the
standalone system which contains all of the tools to set the system up.
Cheers
Robin
In message <000501c2ce81$84244df0$450010ac@dawabbit>, Ian King
<iking(a)killthewabbit.org> writes
>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. I also have a DECstation
>5000/200 with a TK50, so my first efforts were to dd the files onto a
tape.
>Depending on how I hacked around, I either got a
"non-bootable media"
error
>or "Error 21 - drive error". 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). Depending on how I hacked
>around, I either got a "non-bootable media" error or "Error 21 -
drive
>error" from the boot ROM monitor.
>
>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".
>
>The machine also has a working RD54 containing Micro/RSX and some
>proprietary software for managing a parking lot. :-) I can boot to an
RSX
>prompt (although I can't log in, having none
of the passwords), so most
of
>the machine appears to be working.
>
>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.... Either way, I hope someone
can point me in the
right
direction.
Thanks in advance -- Ian
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