From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans)
Subject: [pups] Bootable media for 2.11BSD
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:53:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030207085356.A5249@bcr10.uwaterloo.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000501c2ce81$84244df0$450010ac@dawabbit>; from iking@killthewabbit.org on Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:18:37AM -0800
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:18:37AM -0800, Ian King wrote:
> 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.
Sounds like a fun box.
> 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).
Since I just went through this a few weeks ago, I'll mention that this won't
work because you won't ende up with the boot programmes aligned on block
boundaries. The "maketape" command supposedly works well, and I made a tape
with it, but never did get around to trying to actually boot that tape.
> 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".
>
I don't know whether that would do anything useful, since AFAIK the boot
blocks assume tape.
> 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....
Whereabouts are you? Someone can likely help.
--
David Evans (NeXTMail/MIME OK) dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-07 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-07 8:18 Ian King
2003-02-07 11:20 ` Robin Birch
2003-02-07 14:11 ` Chuck Dickman
2003-02-07 14:32 ` David Evans
2003-02-07 14:57 ` Chuck Dickman
2003-02-07 15:01 ` David Evans
2003-02-07 17:00 ` Robin Birch
2003-02-07 17:23 ` Ian King
2003-02-08 18:48 ` Another happy customer (was Re: [pups] Bootable media for 2.11BSD) Ian King
2003-02-08 21:47 ` David Evans
2003-02-07 13:53 ` David Evans [this message]
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