VAX 11/725

From: Heinz Wolter <h.wolter_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon Dec 6 10:57:30 2004

20 tapes?
not so bad if loading from a pc emulated tu56 ;)
loading VMS must have been a bear as well..
what are other options if there is no ethernet?
slip/ppp? - once a basic system is loaded?
h
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Sokolov" <msokolov_at_ivan.Harhan.ORG>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>; <h.wolter_at_sympatico.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: VAX 11/725


> Heinz Wolter <h.wolter_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > I wonder if it is possible to load BSD (quasisaurus) on TU58, as I have
> > no 9 track take or ethernet on the system.
>
> One TU58 cassette holds 256 KB of data. The root filesystem is about
> 5 MB, /usr about 21 MB. You do the math. That's just the binaries, more
> for source.
>
> MS
>
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