[TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Gilles Gravier]

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Hi!

If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other emu?)...
anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any are
legitimately accessible)?

Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)

Thanks!

Gilles

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Henry Bent]

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On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 10:54, Gilles Gravier <gilles@gravier.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other emu?)...
> anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any are
> legitimately accessible)?
>
> Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gilles
>
>
>
There are full instructions using SIMH here:
http://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_4.3_BSD_on_SIMH

-Henry

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Rares Aioanei]

Hey,

Link doesn't seem to work, I get "Connection reset". Can anyone else confirm?
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:15 PM Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 10:54, Gilles Gravier <gilles@gravier.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other emu?)... anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any are legitimately accessible)?
>>
>> Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gilles
>>
>>
>
> There are full instructions using SIMH here: http://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_4.3_BSD_on_SIMH
>
> -Henry
>


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Rares Aioanei

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Gilles Gravier]

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Works from my cell phone and my PC. Maybe temporarily slashdotted? 😎

Gilles

On Wed 29 Aug 2018, 12:22 Rares Aioanei, <schaiba@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Link doesn't seem to work, I get "Connection reset". Can anyone else
> confirm?
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:15 PM Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 10:54, Gilles Gravier <gilles@gravier.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other
> emu?)... anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any
> are legitimately accessible)?
> >>
> >> Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Gilles
> >>
> >>
> >
> > There are full instructions using SIMH here:
> http://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_4.3_BSD_on_SIMH
> >
> > -Henry
> >
>
>
> --
> Rares Aioanei
>

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Clem Cole]

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simh is the traditional way it's done.   Google simh and 4.3BSD.
 configure simh set it up as a 780, with RP06 or RM0[35] drives, HT tapes,
and it should pretty much just work per the BSD installation
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:54 AM Gilles Gravier <gilles@gravier.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other emu?)...
> anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any are
> legitimately accessible)?
>
> Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gilles
>
> --
> *Gilles Gravier*  - Gilles@Gravier.org
> GSM : +33618347147 and +41794728437
> Skype : ggravier | PGP Key : 0x8DE6D026
> <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x8DE6D026&op=index>
>

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Gilles Gravier]

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Thanks Henry and Clem!

I should be all set!

Gilles

Le mar. 28 août 2018 à 17:05, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> a écrit :

> simh is the traditional way it's done.   Google simh and 4.3BSD.
>  configure simh set it up as a 780, with RP06 or RM0[35] drives, HT tapes,
> and it should pretty much just work per the BSD installation
> ᐧ
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:54 AM Gilles Gravier <gilles@gravier.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other emu?)...
>> anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD (if any are
>> legitimately accessible)?
>>
>> Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gilles
>>
>> --
>> *Gilles Gravier*  - Gilles@Gravier.org
>> GSM : +33618347147 and +41794728437
>> Skype : ggravier | PGP Key : 0x8DE6D026
>> <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x8DE6D026&op=index>
>>
>

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Michael Huff]

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It's not 4.3BSD, but might be worth an honorable mention...

You can get FreeBSD 1.0, (based on 386BSD, based on NET/2), directly 
from the FreeBSD project:

http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/1.0/1.0-disc1.iso

And then use 86Box ( https://github.com/86Box/86Box/ ) to emulate an 
early 90's 486 and install it with FreeDOS on one partition, FreeBSD on 
the other.  There's an /sbin/mount_isofs but I haven't stumbled across a 
working combination that manages to actually see a cdrom yet. As a 
work-around I copied everything from the "tarballs" directory onto the 
freedos partition and then installed them from there.

It would probably work on Virtualbox, but I haven't tried.

Have fun!

On 8/28/2018 6:53 AM, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Hi!
>
> If I wanted to run 4.3BSD on an x86 box (VirtualBox? QEMM? other 
> emu?)... anybody has suggestions? Where can I find media for 4.3BSD 
> (if any are legitimately accessible)?
>
> Or on a Raspberry Pi? :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gilles
>
> -- 
> /*Gilles Gravier*/ - Gilles@Gravier.org <mailto:Gilles@Gravier.org>
> GSM : +33618347147 and +41794728437
> Skype : ggravier| PGP Key: 0x8DE6D026 
> <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x8DE6D026&op=index>

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Rares Aioanei

    > Link doesn't seem to work, I get "Connection reset".

Which link - the gunkies.org (Computer History Wiki) one?

It's working for me at the moment.

Does your browser accepts non-HTTPS URLs? (There's apparently a craze on
to denigrate them at the moment.)

     Noel

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Rares Aioanei]

gunkies.org works. The URL for getting the sets doesn't
(http://unix-archive.huihoo.org/4BSD/Distributions/4.2BSD/)
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 3:23 PM Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>     > From: Rares Aioanei
>
>     > Link doesn't seem to work, I get "Connection reset".
>
> Which link - the gunkies.org (Computer History Wiki) one?
>
> It's working for me at the moment.
>
> Does your browser accepts non-HTTPS URLs? (There's apparently a craze on
> to denigrate them at the moment.)
>
>      Noel



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Rares Aioanei

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Rares Aioanei

    > gunkies.org works. The URL for getting the sets doesn't

Ah, OK.

Link-rot; sigh. The bane of the Web!

If someone can provide a working alternative for you to use, I'll update the
page as well.

   Noel

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Clem Cole]

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https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/UCB/4.2BSD/
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:11 AM Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:

>     > From: Rares Aioanei
>
>     > gunkies.org works. The URL for getting the sets doesn't
>
> Ah, OK.
>
> Link-rot; sigh. The bane of the Web!
>
> If someone can provide a working alternative for you to use, I'll update
> the
> page as well.
>
>    Noel
>

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Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[William Pechter]

Just a plug for the 4.3+University of Wisconsin version on Simh.  You can build some of the more recent tools on it...

Also... If you run on the internet remember documented security exploits are decades old.  I recommend no open ports except for ssh if it will build and maybe UUCP.

Bill

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From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Sent: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 9:29
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/UCB/4.2BSD/
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:11 AM Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:

>     > From: Rares Aioanei
>
>     > gunkies.org works. The URL for getting the sets doesn't
>
> Ah, OK.
>
> Link-rot; sigh. The bane of the Web!
>
> If someone can provide a working alternative for you to use, I'll update
> the
> page as well.
>
>    Noel
>

Re: [TUHS] Running 4.3 BSD on x86 hardware? Suggestions?

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Noel Chiappa

    > I'll update the page as well.

I have to do it since, after severe issues with spam, a login is required to
make changes.

If anyone is interested in adding content (please, we need more in just about
every area - I've done a lot of PDP-11's, but that's a fairly small corner
overall :-), please drop me a short line, and I'll set you up (just let me
know the account name you want, and what email address to associate with it).


    > From: William Pechter

    > Just a plug for the 4.3+University of Wisconsin version on Simh.

I don't think I see that in the TUHS repository that Clem just pointed to? Got a
URL?

Any chance I can convince you to add a bit of content about it? :-)

    Noel