RT-11 installation

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Thu Dec 2 12:38:18 2004

On Dec 2 2004, 10:43, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "David" == David Betz <dbetz_at_xlisper.mv.com> writes:
>
> David> ...and then
>
> David> COPY/BOOT DY1:RT11FB.SYS DY1:
>
> David> Unfortunately, that doesn't result in a bootable disk.
> David> .... It's just that I can't boot
> David> the disk after the second COPY/BOOT step.
>
> I believe the OS image you want to boot HAS to be called MONITR.SYS
on
> the bootable disk.

Only in really ancient versions of RT-11; not in V5. David's problem
may have been that the RT11FB.SYS was SYSGENed inappropriately. The
COPY/BOOT copies a section of the monitor into block 0 of the disk.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Thu Dec 02 2004 - 12:38:18 GMT

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