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From: mike@ducky.net (Mike Haertel)
Subject: [TUHS] Some tapes
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 09:53:45 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205031653.g43GrjaH023372@ducky.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200205030930.g439Uoo15310@lmail.actcom.co.il>

>> I'd also like to point out that the 4.1BSD distribution tape would
>> be a nice addition to the TUHS archive.  Right now 4.0, 4.1, and
>> 4.1[abc] distributions are still missing.
>
>These are available from Kirk McKusick on his 4-CD collection, no?
>It'd be good to have them in w/the other stuff all in one place, but
>it's not like they aren't available...

I have Kirk's 4-CD collection.  Here's what it has for each version
I mentioned:

4.0	binaries + sources (fully unpacked tree of installed system)
	no tape images, however there are already-built standalone
	program binaries in /usr/src/sys/stand, so it might be feasible
	to roll your own.  the hardest part would be creating a
	root dump.

4.1	binaries + sources (fully unpacked tree of installed system)
	no tape images, but similar prebuilt stuff in /usr/src/sys/stand.

4.1a	just some contents from a "Tape #2" - VERY incomplete.
	some games binaries, some games and command sources, and
	some documents.  *no* kernel sources, regular binaries.

4.1b	missing entirely

4.1c.1	just a tree of /usr/src, with a /usr/src/sys tree of unknown origin

4.1c.2	partial tape image: has mkfs program, and what looks like a
	root dump (but not 100% sure).  the rest is untarred, but
	I'm guessing the remaining tape files were just in tar
	format anyway.  prebuilt binaries for standalone programs.
	somewhat bizarrely, the kernel sources are in /a/sys and
	/sys (on the CDROM) is a broken symbolic link.  this is
	obviously a snapshot of a working system rather than a more
	formal distribution.

Anyway, as Warren already explained, the lack of distribution tape images
makes it hard to install these in an emulator if you want to play with them!



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-03 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-03 10:29 Aharon Robbins
2002-05-03 10:02 ` Warren Toomey
2002-05-03 11:13   ` Jochen Kunz
2002-05-03 16:53 ` Mike Haertel [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-03  8:13 Mike Haertel
2002-05-03  3:51 Kevin Schoedel
2002-05-03  4:18 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2002-05-03  5:07   ` Kevin Schoedel
2002-05-03  6:04     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2002-05-03  7:51   ` Warren Toomey
2002-05-06 16:38 ` Johnny Billquist

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