Making RT-11 bootable

From: no <oliv555_at_arrl.net>
Date: Wed Jun 19 22:51:32 2002

Pat Finnegan wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>
>>--- Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to get a bootable copy of RT-11 onto an RX50 so I can try to
>>>install it onto my DEC Pro380. Here's what I've heard so far (see below
>>>for question).
>>>
>>>On Wed, 22 May 2002, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
>>
>>>>...RT-11 also runs on the PRO350,
>>>>but you must have an RX50 that allows RT-11 to boot. If
>>>>you have all the required files on the RX50 that runs on a normal
>>>>PDP-11, then for the RT11XM monitor, add (assuming they are missing):
>>>
>>>OK, does anyone know what the 'required files' are? I've got a copy of
>>>RT-11 V5.03 on an 'RL02'; however, an RL02's worth of excess files won't
>>>quite fit on an RX50.
>>
>>I do not know off the top of my head, but I have an original distro
>>of RT-11 v5.3 on RX50 that includes an extra disk for the Pro series.
>
>
> OK, I now have a bootable RX-50. My question is what is the difference
> between DL.SYS and DLX.SYS drivers? Is the non-x version unibus and the
> with-x version qbus or something?
>
> -- Pat
>
>

There were two sets of drivers provided, as i recall. The x-ending were
used with the RT11-XM (extended memory) monitor, the non-x set was used
by the other 3 RT monitors

-nick o
Received on Wed Jun 19 2002 - 22:51:32 BST