[Simh] Installing layered products on RSTS/E 10.1

[Kevin Handy]

Michael Richter wrote:
> OK, thanks for the reply and I apologize for my tardiness in getting 
> around to this.
>
> Well, I've got the following in my .ini file (eliding the unnecessary 
> stuff):
>
>     set tu enable
>     set tu tm03
>     ...
>     set tu1 format=tpc
>     attach -er tu1 tapes/ro/BASIC-PLUS-2-V2.6.TPC
>     ...
>
>
> When I fire up RSTS/E 10.1 I do the following:
>
>     $ mount mm1
>     %Device is write protected
>     Density is 800
>     Tape is in ANSI format
>     Label:   bp2
>     $ dir mm1:
>      Name .Typ    Size        Name .Typ    Size        Name .Typ  
>      Size       MM1:
>     INSTAL.BCK*     97 P     BP2REL.BCK*     26 P     BP2   .BCK*  
>     1856 P
>     PBLT  .BCK*    728 P
>     Total of 2707 blocks in 4 files in MM1:
>
>
> So now I run @[0,1]instal layered_products and select BP2 when given 
> the opportunity.  It goes through the usual questions: mount device, 
> target account, etc. and then, after collecting all that information 
> asks me if I'm ready to proceed.  When I answer "yes":
>
>       RSTS/E V10.1-L Software Installation Procedure          
>      20-Feb-11 01:08 AM
>
>                                       Build Phase
>
>     Restoring BP2 update components from the Installation kit
>     Please mount volume 2 on _MM1:.
>     Press RETURN to continue : 
>
> I'm just at a loss here.  The tape is mounted.  It looks perfectly 
> fine when I take a directory of it.  What's weirder is that I can't do 
> anything with MM1: once I've run instal.  The device is offline and I 
> can't for the life of me figure out how to do anything with it after 
> that.  set device mm1: /enable doesn't do the trick nor does anything 
> else I can find.
>
>
Just a possibility, but did you rewind the tape after you did the 
directory? It's been a long time but, I think install sometimes did odd 
things when it wasn't at the front of the tape.