Re: Installing UNIX on an 11/94 - TUHS

13 Dec 1999

...
 > I was thinking of using one of those TU58
emulators on the PC, but I 
> didn't find any mention of booting an 11/94 of these tape drives
> or installing UNIX from it.. 
...
 	No support for the TU58 in the kernel or boot program.
  At 256kb
	it's barely large enough to hold the standalone programs much less
	a dump of the root filesystem or anything like that. 
Even if there was support, it'd be just plain cruel, even with emulated
TU58's.  Reminds me of "The Wagner Ring Cycle on Convenient 45's".

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 Even if there was support, it'd be just plain cruel, even with emulated
 TU58's.  Reminds me of "The Wagner Ring Cycle on Convenient 45's".

	That wasn't too bad.  You should try Das Rheingold on 78's :)

	Steve

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   OK.. Biggie
here is that this machine doesn't have a tape drive, just
 2 RA92 drives. It used to have a TU81, but it seems to have been junked  

 	Congratulations on getting a /94 with RA92 drives!   Condolences
 	on the tape drive being junked. 
The '94 is way cool! I'm amazed at the extensive menu-based boot ROM in 
this thing. At least the RA92's are quite a bit more 'civilized' than the
RA82 on my uVAX which is more like a howling banshee..

Pity I have little UNIBUS stuff.. Most of my other DEC hardware is QBUS based,
otherwise I wouldn't have had the problem.. I have an UC07 SCSI controller
I could use for a while (but it's QBUS) to hook up a tape drive.

The machine itself seems to work fine (and seems to be pretty much 'lodaded').
Runs RSX-11 now (at least a partial setup as I wasn't able to get all drives)

...
   No ethernet
card either.. (anybody know where to get a DEUNA cheap??)  
 	In the US there are many places which sell used DEC equipment but
 	I do not know of any in the Netherlands.  If at all possible get
 	a DELUA insetad  - less power hungry and fewer bugs. 
Any network connection will be OK.. I hope BSD has PPP support? That
should give at least some rudimentary network connectivity (even if it's
just 9600)

...
  	RP06 or 7.  Then at the last minute install the MSCP
bootblock.  
 	DD that image to an  RA92 and hoo that up to the /94. 
Worth a shot..

...
  	The problem you will most likely encounter is that
the size will not
 	be exactly right for the last partition.  Experimenting with the
 	standalone 'disklabel' program and adjusting the sizes/geometry may
 	be needed.  If the size is changed then 'fsck -s' to force a 
 	rebuild of the freelist will be needed. 
Or I could use 1 RA92 (with the problem you describe) and use it to 
run the install on the second drive? (partitioning that properly)

...
  	No support for the TU58 in the kernel or boot
program.   At 256kb
 	it's barely large enough to hold the standalone programs much less
 	a dump of the root filesystem or anything like that. 
OK. Got that.

Guess my first search will be for either an UNIBUS SCSI controller or 
a TK50/TK70 controller as I still have some drives for those..

I have little or no 9-track reel tape stuff :-)

Thanx for the help!

							Bye, Arno.

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