From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E8D267FD for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2024 22:51:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C1F542880; Thu, 7 Mar 2024 07:51:43 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1709761903; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=nPyoc+PFL2TyXdVUXhQ/8L/erwyiksqs+ts3zhmZZNQ=; b=oFmYoXX6QHx1rOy0IrBEPl1FHA1uTXw8Y9qtaMhZp8fGpRt6opmh86BMRMsS8I5Lh6bzCx B25SWpEdQy8QKaV0Bs0pAUqlRranXtfB8kOH5mfhEzIYW2UKi/+CLF+1+GheWcjcBW+pJX KpJORoIqHPQ1rm2zSxHw9BcOQlTBxok= Received: from mail-4324.protonmail.ch (mail-4324.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.24]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D03B34287E for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2024 07:51:38 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1709761897; x=1710021097; bh=nPyoc+PFL2TyXdVUXhQ/8L/erwyiksqs+ts3zhmZZNQ=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=Pc8ooHZpwM1KqH59Qs+hhfGXUxO5wHnbcvq+yDXDITUWXKcBF3REPN4LobUrR5uyy GU1P/WApvjU0xEqmn6JFaY8++0iqXGMDGr0vzyfRHGHqmqjYnyWslGN6yiNL9rPmTN SW16m+EE4BY2BYILcgwE0S9DJtUY7ISnLFKUhzlXqKMFXfFIlvBnlSYKyFJjucwsQY hEFsdZSBvLI1SltSh/5nVUSr+fxnL3lRMFUElCUeSh8zrkOnm6xNywO52oC1Z7WN0l SnG86ink1T9MaUzr5KBLGb7jrkZFCFGK3GJbuHD8hzd2qkkLIArm+gySle/+GrWzPD vDA/0kaZh2oYw== Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:51:19 +0000 To: Henry Bent Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: 4D6XN6ZR2WLRTX7T4CKYJE6AOKZMKNGT X-Message-ID-Hash: 4D6XN6ZR2WLRTX7T4CKYJE6AOKZMKNGT X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: simh@groups.io, The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: SVR2 on a PDP-11 List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: segaloco via TUHS Reply-To: segaloco On Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 at 1:16 PM, Henry Bent wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > I have a distribution of SVR2 on the PDP-11 that I have managed to get bo= oting into the initial root dump, but it is not clear to me how to proceed = from there to format a /usr filesystem and setup for multi-user. > > ... > > I haven't managed to find any installation manuals or the like on Bitsave= rs, and I can't even manage to find a listing in the source of the expected= disk partitions/sizes. I feel very much like I am stumbling in the dark he= re and would appreciate any pointers to how to proceed. Thanks! >=20 > -Henry First off I didn't know SVR2 made it to the PDP-11, I thought they cut it o= ff after the initial System V release, is what you have AT&T or some deriva= tive version? Second, this is the setup instructions for DEC processors for the initial r= elease of System V which included the PDP-11/70: https://archive.org/detail= s/unix-system-administrators-guide-5-0/04%20Setting%20Up%20The%20UNIX%20Sys= tem%20%28DEC%29/ Additionally, here is the Operator's Guide which details bootstrapping the = system among other things: https://archive.org/details/unix-system-operator= s-guide-release-5-0/mode/2up While not SVR2, hopefully the differences are minimal enough that you can u= se those. Good luck! Also regarding finding more documentation, sadly AT&T stripped out the /usr= /doc materials with System V, so these critical pieces of documentation act= ually can't be found in a typical system distribution, rather, you had to g= et the paper copies. I'm not aware of any discovery of TROFF sources for a= ny of this stuff past System III, I do have it on my long-term list to even= tually synthesize copies of said documents from available scans so they can= be more easily diff'd, but my current focus is much, much earlier. - Matt G.