>> Yep, it sure does. RT-11 will deal with drives up to 8 Gbytes by use of the
>> SET DUn:PART=nnn partitioning method. How you keep track of what's
>> in all 256 partitions is your business :-).
>And How you keep track of what's in all 256 partitions ?
Admittedly, keeping track of all those partitions can be dizzying
sometimes.
There are some handy "tricks" (I put that in quotes since many of
us RT-11 oldtimers have been doing these for years, and these are all
documented tools, but sometimes used for other purposes than to aid my
failing memory) for keeping volumes straight:
1. Use the /VOL qualifier when INITting the volume to put something
descriptive there. For example:
RT-11FB V05.07
.create junk.dsk[100]
.mou ld4 junk.dsk
.init ld4:/vol
LD4:/Initialize; Are you sure? Y
Volume ID? Descriptive
Owner? Information
2. If you've done (1) above, then you can use the /VOL qualifier on DIR
to remind yourself what's on that partition:
.dir/vol ld4:
09-Nov-1999
Volume ID: Descriptive
Owner : Information
0 Files, 0 Blocks
92 Free blocks
3. Use logical names to identify the volumes, and a command procedure
to define them all. (There is no real equivalent to a logical name in
many modern OS's, including Unix, unfortunately. A logical is kinda/sorta
like a Unix mount point, but a logical is far better because you can
redefine as you find handy.) With RT-11 you only get
3-character logical names, but that's a start:
.ASS INF LD4
.ASS SRC DU3
.ASS BIN DU1
etc.
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Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 17:34:32 GMT