From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans)
Subject: Another happy customer (was Re: [pups] Bootable media for 2.11BSD)
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 16:47:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030208164757.C18303@bcr4.uwaterloo.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000401c2cfa2$b05e3210$450010ac@dawabbit>; from iking@killthewabbit.org on Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 10:48:36AM -0800
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 10:48:36AM -0800, Ian King wrote:
> It's amazing what happens when you follow the directions - thanks for your
> help, folks. I have 2.11BSD up and running on my 11/73 (booted off the
> disk, even), and it's currently untarring the last big chunk of /usr/src.
Good job!
> I also
> need to dig into the machine a bit more - the bootloader tells me I have an
> 11/83, so I'm suspecting the CPU was changed at some point.
>
A KDJ-11B CPU board (quad height) with Qbus memory is an 11/73, while a
KDJ-11B CPU with PMI memory is an 11/83. The boot loaded likely just
identifies the CPU board type and assumes a /83. It would only claim a
/73 if it were running on a KDB-11 (dual height) card.
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David Evans (NeXTMail/MIME OK) dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-08 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-07 8:18 [pups] Bootable media for 2.11BSD 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 [this message]
2003-02-07 13:53 ` [pups] Bootable media for 2.11BSD David Evans
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