[Simh] R: Re: RSTS V9.6 install
Saporito Fausto
Fausto.Saporito at atosorigin.com
Tue Mar 11 10:22:01 EDT 2008
Hello Brett,
I fixed (or supposed to) the problem, converting the tpc in tap, with
the utility in simtools package.
After the conversion, the error disappeared.
Regards,
Fausto
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Bump <bbump at rsts.org>
To: Fausto Saporito <fausap at unina.it>
CC: simh at trailing-edge.com <simh at trailing-edge.com>
Sent: Tue Mar 11 14:47:29 2008
Subject: Re: [Simh] RSTS V9.6 install
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Fausto Saporito wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm following the Tony suggestion, and I'm able to continue the
> installation, but I have an error :
>
> Restoring required _SY:[1,2] components
> ?Error opening Backup set
> ?Magtape record length error
> Where can this volume be located? <MU0:>
>
> Maybe the tape file is not build correctly... or what?
> I tried with TM11 and TK50, with the same error.
>
> regards,
> fausto
This is an issue that I've had with the distribution sets since V9.0
came
out. Prior to V9.0 all RSTS distribution tape sets were DOS format.
The
V9.x and V10.x distribution (boot) tapes are a mixed format tape. The
record length error that you run into is BACKUP expecting to see an ANSI
label with 2048 bytes, but running into a 14 byte DOS header because the
tape has rewound to the start of the tape.
The first 10 to 12 files on a distribution tape are DOS formatted files:
Name .Typ Size Prot Date MS0:[0,1]
MGBOOT.SYS 1 <155> 14-Aug-88
INIT .SYS 622 <155> 14-Aug-88
ERR .ERR 16 <155> 14-Aug-88
SYSINI.COM 5 <155> 14-Aug-88
BACKUP.TSK 113 <155> 14-Aug-88
SYSGEN.SIL 608 <155> 14-Aug-88
DCL .RTS 115 <155> 14-Aug-88
PKG001.MSG 8 <155> 14-Aug-88
PKG002.MSG 7 <155> 14-Aug-88
RSX .RTS 6 <155> 14-Aug-88
GETSYS.TSK 52 <155> 14-Aug-88
Total of 1553 blocks in 11 files in MS0:[0,1]
Name .Typ Size Prot Date MS0:[1,2]
DOS .EOT 0 <155> 14-Aug-88
Total of 0 blocks in 1 file in MS0:[1,2]
The DOS.EOT file is an empty DOS header with (as I recall) 3 EOT
markers.
This marks the end of a normal tape and the COPY function of INIT.SYS is
going to stop (without rewinding) once it gets to this point. If you
are
NOT in this "exact" spot once the SYSGEN.SIL is running, the install is
going to cough when BACKUP tries to find the ANSI header for the rest of
the installation process. This is why I've broken up the installation
sets on the distribution tapes I've put online (that I made a decade
ago)
into 3 tapes (such as V95BOOT.TAP, V95ANSI.TAP, V9LIB.TAP).
The tpc formatted tapes that Al and Tim have put online DO work, you
just
have to make sure you mount the tape correctly and that it doesn't end
up
in the wrong spot:
bash-3.00$ ../pdp11
PDP-11 simulator V3.7-3
sim> set rq0 rd54
sim> att rq0 v96.dsk
RQ: creating new file
sim> set ts enabled
sim> att ts -f tpc rsts_v9_6_install.tap
sim> boot ts
Performing limited hardware scan.
RSTS V9.6 (MS0) INIT V9.6-11
Today's date? 11-MAR-98
Current time? 6:00AM
Installing RSTS on a new system disk? <Yes>
11-Mar-98 06:00 AM
Disk? DU0
Pack ID? RSTS
Pack cluster size <8>?
MFD cluster size <16>?
SATT.SYS base <19448>?
Pre-extend directories <NO>?
PUB, PRI, or SYS <SYS>?
[1,1] cluster size <16>?
[1,2] cluster size <16>?
[1,1] and [1,2] account base <19448>?
Date last modified <YES>?
New files first <NO>?
Read-only <NO>?
Patterns <3>? 0
Erase Disk <YES>?
Proceed (Y or N)? Y
Erasing disk
Copying required system files
Performing limited hardware scan.
RSTS V9.6 (DU0) INIT V9.6-11
11-Mar-98 06:00 AM
Start timesharing? <Yes>
Starting SYSGEN.SIL . . .
Rebooting . . .
RSTS V9.6 (DU0) INIT V9.6-11
11-Mar-98 06:00 AM
Creating SWAP.SYS file with minimum size of 128 blocks
Memory allocation table:
0K: 00000000 - 00507777 ( 82K) : EXEC
82K: 00510000 - 15527777 (1668K) : USER
1750K: 15530000 - 17757777 ( 294K) : XBUF
Memory available to RSTS/E is 2044K words.
Creating CRASH.SYS file with minimum size of 136 blocks
13 devices disabled
[c
Do you want to perform an installation or an update? <installation>
Please mount the RSTS/E Installation media and enter the name
and unit number of the device.
Valid device types are: 'MM', 'MS', 'MT', 'MU', 'DM' or 'DL'
Installation device? <_MS0:>
Restoring required _SY0:[0,1] components
Deleting all global symbols
11-Mar-98 06:00 AM
Beginning of the RSTS/E Software Installation Procedure
Type '?' for help
Type '^' to go back to the previous question
Type CTRL/Z to return to the beginning of the present section
* Starting dialogue phase *
Are you ready to proceed? <yes>
---
When Tim and I get a chance to put some "toys" together, I'll probably
break the V9.6 distribution tape into 2 tapes and change the format over
to tap. Since SIMH does a good job of emulating just about everything,
it might even be easier to just provide a bootable hobby disk with all
of
the toys installed for those who would rather just run MicroRSTS ;-).
At the time Terry and I were playing with these distributions, Terry was
using V9.6 and running terminal servers with LAT. I was using V9.5 in
production and making changes in all of the V9.x line, but I didn't get
a
chance to organize the V9.6 distribution before other projects came
along
that took me in another direction for the next decade.
Brett
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