From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 24054 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2022 20:44:25 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Jan 2022 20:44:25 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E73389C8BE; Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:44:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62CB39BAB6; Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:43:51 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="j9/XqGa5"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4923F9BAB6; Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:43:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f170.google.com (mail-oi1-f170.google.com [209.85.167.170]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D3D79BA6A for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:43:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f170.google.com with SMTP id bf5so10703092oib.4 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:43:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:content-language:to:from :subject; bh=CtjwEGDlINzILOdCn0LkIzgwn+tefbLx/H9EQoqB4L4=; b=j9/XqGa5HIsseRaPuFSSAg3WDBPg3OBOS8Ct0z6Jqnon6aF9wiPC8+IEVVpnOpBON0 VIMztjKiSSc+PUtyuFbdl6I3u/yaDwzdXhWz5quzN7QVHOUHh//C6tLJFnS/wH2nFlyM 5/SqCfc0MHSC9AX1xA/b3PQL/jvhCjzYwyy1dVdxehGk9pwWvfHzLw3x1hzDA2xqW/N5 OFe99eCM/K5Zwk67Ny9OzSrAyJ54M5G8nTh8qsRrnAEp5Orx/SUuQ8WQjo9md+IeposF 0C1q0a70eGCfjlbXjQlOc7cY6Sj9IJ/TY2ls3A3NQBL6QdADc0INda7OrdDe9alPHBR0 bFNw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent :content-language:to:from:subject; bh=CtjwEGDlINzILOdCn0LkIzgwn+tefbLx/H9EQoqB4L4=; b=WXVzb/yJFm0UmAfoX+N+2s/TAUnQSoO7cVVMmA1G5nfWxVoPyt79LRrL+AqscqjWen nYtpf0S8n9I5q8hzGK4CuTJ8b18idB3zSUN1Bujtay8+gmDBq5fqKzE+C1+BUhJjSA5H /vLka5GkeueW4i+pVEr44TnFjdeeL5vivMlx172CDCTWzf0+4A2K1EdQGYmUnYOWkO2F bhNBfMWqXhgrh/T+69upFZPxEWy3hV2PB6AAU5PBcxlBKhyTY9qQtsi7UgFPq0AW6JTY N5K+xnmVBqBPV1n4omIQcwsuBH735s71XtSNy5jtJdy2QTK6Ge2sxpAJb/xSslEXhA/W j8bQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530nZ8eWpI/gb77+RDCE2YzG5V+ULdiw1g+3yHoQ4vKUTlOnRNZt T55pqJuBdPbyDbw8hO3TJtZbgGfJT7s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw6eUZfuPEFRnz2uf+5oEDN0L5HgKP6hpuCww5/9nHxO94nrD60XIilQ4mpeaZbB1hODUnU7Q== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:1a83:: with SMTP id bm3mr581377oib.53.1642711426123; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:43:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.215] (035-134-121-000.res.spectrum.com. [35.134.121.0]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r6sm104815ooq.44.2022.01.20.12.43.44 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:43:44 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------lcSbcyAcFZzN29nunmos4903" Message-ID: <761dc362-14ed-c1b9-7c51-534d94bb1caa@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:43:42 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.0 Content-Language: en-US To: TUHS main list From: Will Senn Subject: [TUHS] DEC Format floppy (for formatting disk prior to 4.2BSD install) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------lcSbcyAcFZzN29nunmos4903 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi all, Has anybody ever seen a console floppy image anywhere on the internet labeled: /"RX11 VAX DSK LD DEV #1"/ It is referenced in BSD 4 documentation with respect to formatting disks (edited): USING DEC SOFTWARE TO FORMAT Warning: These instructions are for people with 11/780 CPU’s. You should shut down UNIX and halt the machine to do any disk formatting. Formatting an RP06. Load the console floppy labeled, "RX11 VAX DSK LD DEV #1" in the console disk drive, and type the following commands: >>>BOOT DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR. ZZ-ESSAA-X5.0-119 23-JAN-1980 12:44:40.03 DS>ATTACH RH780 SBI RHO 8 5 DS>ATTACH RPO6 RHO DBA0 DS>SELECT DBAO DS>LOAD EVRAC DS>START/SEC:PACKINIT This is for drive 0 on mbaO; use 9 instead of 8 for mbal, etc. --------------lcSbcyAcFZzN29nunmos4903 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi all,

Has anybody ever seen a console floppy image anywhere on the internet labeled:

"RX11 VAX DSK LD DEV #1"

It is referenced in BSD 4 documentation with respect to formatting disks (edited):
USING DEC SOFTWARE TO FORMAT
Warning: These instructions are for people with 11/780 CPU’s.

You should shut down UNIX and halt the machine to do any disk formatting.

Formatting an RP06. Load the console floppy labeled, "RX11 VAX DSK LD DEV #1" in the console disk drive, and type the following commands:
>>>BOOT
DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR. ZZ-ESSAA-X5.0-119 23-JAN-1980 12:44:40.03
DS>ATTACH RH780 SBI RHO 8 5
DS>ATTACH RPO6 RHO DBA0
DS>SELECT DBAO
DS>LOAD EVRAC
DS>START/SEC:PACKINIT

This is for drive 0 on mbaO; use 9 instead of 8 for mbal, etc.

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