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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3042 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2020 07:55:29 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Aug 2020 07:55:29 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1025F9CB5F; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:55:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B3219CB3F; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CD28B9CAA7; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta36p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta36p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.100]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EC9F9C9FB for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep36p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200801075436.MMHJ7599.viclafep36p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:36 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrieelgdduvdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehmtddtredtreelnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepgeevieekfeeukeefffekudduhfekfefhveduieehkedukeeutdevkeegjeejleevnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghequceuqfffjgepkeeukffvoffkoffgpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5E8A564B14B0AC90 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:35 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 0717sZ4X063467 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0717sYkK063464 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:54:34 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="1483753691-1456532477-1596268188=:61909" Content-ID: Subject: Re: [TUHS] vi in v7 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 message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1483753691-1456532477-1596268188=:61909 Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: On Sat, 25 Jul 2020, Warner Losh wrote: > Weren't V5/6/7/etc distributed as bootable tapes?  Set the switch > register to point to the tape instead of the disk... > > Yes. They were. We have V6 and V7 tapes (and a V5 disk image). Likely > earlier versions likely did too.  What I'd meant was that 2.8BSD is the > first 2BSD that had a bootable tape. Ah, my mistake. I think the loader also read just the first block, so woe betide you if you used a labelled tape... If I recall, VOL1, HDR1, etc. -- Dave --1483753691-1456532477-1596268188=:61909--