booting from RQDX3

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Sat Jun 2 21:23:50 2001

From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
>> How does a PDP-11 boot from an RQDX3 controller?
>> These machines are in a 4-slot dual-wide card cage which is full.
>I am afraid that there is only one solution in this configuration:
>Typing in the bootstrap via ODT at startup. I do this with my 11/73,
>because I don't have a ROM card. But a ROM card is no solution for you,
>as you don't have a free slot. I connected the console line of the PDP
>to a serial port of a PeeCee, so I can use a minicom script to type in
the
>bootstrap.


Or like I have in one of my BA-11VA boxen.

System A with HD

    11/23 (KDF11-A)
    256k ram
    MXV11 with boot roms.
    RQDX3 + disk

System B with Tu58

    11/23
    256k ram
    DLV11j
    MR11C rom card with tu58 boot.

Allison
Received on Sat Jun 02 2001 - 21:23:50 BST