VAX 6400's futile attempts to booting Ultrix 4.1, still some progress ...

From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion_at_umbar.vaxpower.org>
Date: Wed Oct 31 11:18:38 2001

I can put up a vax/ultrix disk image somewhere ftp'able.
It'll be on cmuccvax in /usr3/open at some point, maybe today if i get some
time after work.

Isildur

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Paul Thompson wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Another alternative is to set up an "InfoServer"
> > VAX station with a CD ROM and an Ultrix CD of a
> > post 4.1 version. Is this something someone has available?
> > May be in the area or something one could set up
> > accessible through the Internet (a 36 kbps modem line,
> > ahem...) Once I have Ultrix up on one machine I can
> > help others to do the same. If not by writing a boot
> > tape by ...
>
> I have an infoserver 100. Unfortunately, the infoserver uses a local area
> protocol which would require bridging rather than routing to get to you.
> I don't have vax ultrix.
>
> >
> > ... here is another option how a good soul could help
> > me get going: If you have an Ultrix 4.2 or higher
> > running on an RA disk, I would appreciate a disk image.
> > That I should be able to raw write to another RA90
> > (or RA82) using VMS and then boot from that disk.
> > Just make sure there is a GENERIC kernel on the disk
> > image. I still don't have a KFMSA, so RF disk images
> > would not help me. Except, perhaps, if someone has
> > Ultrix 4.2 or higher running and some spare disks
> > to tinker with, I might be able to fiddle a generic
> > disk image that could be installed on any disk.
>
> A vax ultrix image from any disk smaller than your RA82 should work with
> your machine provided there is a generic kernel. I have taken dd image of
> (mips) ultrix from a RZ55 and RF71 and placed it on a IBM 0661 400mb disk
> drive and had it work. (All through a DSSI/SCSI interface, at that)
>
> Incidentally, what utility did you use for raw writing with VMS?
>
> --
>
>
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