2 Mar
2003
2 Mar
'03
3:36 a.m.
I haven't got a live 2.11 system anywhere near but the following occurs
to me.
1) I think that the GENERIC kernel only has 2 RL02s configured and will
expect these on device selects 0 and 1. The idea is to get the generic
going and then rebuild for your specific config.
2) Are all of your RL02s on one controller?. If not then two things
occur. The first is that I think the GENERIC kernel is only configured
for one controller. Secondly, if the second drive is on the second
controller then the physical select will probably be 8 and the device
will probably be rl8a.
3) If the SCSI controller emulates an MSCP device then I think that 2
MSCP discs are configured for the GENERIC kernel. Again, if you need
more then you will need to rebuild the kernel.
Although the generic kernel is configured for a lot of devices they will
not necessarily be attached if the appropriate file in /etc doesn't have
the rems taken out. Can't remember the file name but that will need the
appropriate controllers to have the rems taken out.
I assume that you can mount rl0 and rl1 from your note. Load the kernel
sources onto these two discs, You should be able to get everything
except the usr src onto the two rl02s. Then create a kernel that has
only the devices that you need and then you should see everything that
you have.
The autoconfig system is not as informative as newer OS's but it will
tell you if something is detected that the kernel is configured for. If
it exists but the kernel knows nothing about it then autoconfig will not
display it.
If I am attempting to teach my grandmother to suck eggs then forgive me.
Cheers
Robin
In message <20030227093041.Y43050-100000(a)server1.cs.uofs.edu>, Bill
Gunshannon <bill(a)cs.scranton.edu> writes
I am trying to put 2.11 on one of my 11/44's. I picked up the RL02/RK
images from the archive. I put the RL02 images on real RL02's (Yes,
some of us still have and use them!! :-) My intent was to boot this
and then use it to build a system on a bigger disk and then go on from
there.
Here's my configuration:
11/44 CPU
CIS
EIS
FP11
4M memory (actually 3840KB)
MMU
3 RL02 disks
A CDU/720-TM SCSI Controller with 4 MAXTOR 340M disks and a QIC tape
Now the problem.
The system boots fine. And it will mount /dev/rl1a. But it won't mount
/dev/rl2a. I get "/dev/rl2a on /vol2: No such device or address".
I get the same error when I try to do a disklabel. What's more, I also
get this same error when I try to access any of the RA devices. I am
using the GENERIC Kernel which I assume has all the devices in it.
Anybody have any suggestions??
Of course, if I find that the SCSI Controller isn't going to work
I have another controller and a FUJI Eagle I could use too. But I
am certain I will need to get all three RL's working in order to
have enough of a system to do this.
Thanks in advance,
bill
--
Robin Birch