Subject: Re: RSTS/E on a PDP-11?

From: Richard A. Cini <rcini_at_email.msn.com>
Date: Wed Feb 18 17:26:43 1998

On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:07:43 -0800 (PST), Tim Shoppa
<shoppa_at_alph02.triumf.ca> wrote:

> >>What sort of packs? What commands were you issuing to read them?
> >>What OS did you try to read them from? What error message did you get
> >>when it failed?
>
> >They're RK05 packs, inserted in the DK2: device. I booted from DK0: with
> >RT-11 v.4 and used "dir dk2:" to read the disk directory. Although I
> >don't remember the specific error, it's something like "invalid >
>directory."

> Yep. As you've just discovered, the RSTS/E directory structure is
>different than RT-11's.

>You can still read raw blocks from the disk, though. Try doing
>a DUMP/TERM/RAD50 DK2: and you'll see the directory blocks, followed
>by data blocks, scrolling by.

 I'll give this a try.

>Have you tried booting either of the RSTS/E packs?

 No, but I'll give this a try, too. It seems that the diagnostics pack that
I have is unreadable also (that one is not labeled with the required
system).

 Thanks!

Rich Cini/WUGNET
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