RT-11 on 8" media

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Wed Oct 7 22:17:05 1998

  Some Newby-ish questions, if it so please The List:

In a box of Stuff, I got 2 cartons of BASF 8".... one of which is
marked "RT-11 V3 System DO NOT OVERWRITE!!!".

  And inside are 7 floppies, each with a DIR printout stuck in the
envelope, (and the DIRs look like typical RT-11 files). These disks
are numbered 21 - 26 and 30. The other box has no IDs of any kind,
save three diskettes are labled 47, 49, and 50. The other 7 are
unadorned, but they appear to have been spun... there are faint
burnish markings on the surfaces. As an added, extra bonus, there is
a listing of an 18-line Basic program which "Determines if One
Number is a Factor of Another".... surely an unexpected blessing.

  All this absurd and useless detail aside... I am wondering if
there is a 'Minimum Set' of files, which placed on a floppy(ies)
would boot a PDP11... and, I am assuming, it would require Sysgenning?

  Is there available on the Web this info?

  Also, I have an 11/73 with RT-11SJ V5.0.... it has an 8" drive.
What would I have to do to make a bootable minimal floppy on this
machine? In other words how few files can one get away with to wake
up a PDP11 with only an RX02 clone as it's mass storage?

  Bowing before the Silicon Slippers of the Knowledgeable Ones,

  Cheers

John

PS: Learning all the time..... TIA!
Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 22:17:05 BST