11/44 RSTS/E Sysgen

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Sun Jul 4 20:15:03 1999

 I am preparing to sysgen my 11/44 system to expand the device
drivers available... specifically to get RL02s installed,
secondarily RK05s, PC01s, etc.

  I would like to know if anyone reading The List has ever done this
particular operation, and if so, are there any pitfalls, booby
traps, and/or gotchas that lurk waiting to sink (more) fangs in my
tender derrier.... ?

  All day today I have been tracking down a problem with my Kenndy
9100 system... it fails when writing long files, and locks up with a
'device hung or writelocked' error message.

  At first I thought it didn't like the RL11 card in there, so I
de-installed that, of course no change. I believe the 9100 itself is
wanting a ramp-time adjustment... I can do it, have the tools/docs,
but the labor is enormous and I would like to avoid it for now if
possible.

  Does the sysgen process write to the tape? Or just read from it
and write to the disk? The Kennedy reads fine, it's just recording
that's flaky.

  This came about as I tried to make a master backup of the system
to a fresh tape.. "BACKUP" seems to work, but "copy *.* ms0:"
screws up at random places... except for once in a while when it
completes with no errors.

  Any RSTS/E Sysgen advice?

 Happy 4th...

Cheers

John
Received on Sun Jul 04 1999 - 20:15:03 BST