2 Oct
2008
2 Oct
'08
8:20 p.m.
The Linux sysv file system (as it existed a couple years ago) would
mount a clean 80386 Xenix partition if given the proper flags. You
should mount read only. I have fortunately never had to try it on a
dirty filesystem.
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Gordon J. C. Pearce MM3YEQ
<gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 21:24 -0400, Brad Parker wrote:
A friend of a friend has an old xenix machine;
Compaq DeskPro 386
running Xenix. He shut if off after running for years and it won't
boot because the cmos battery is dead.
The disk is an ESDI drive attached to a Compaq ESDI/FLPY controller
(copyright 1989) ISA bus card.
He says can't see any way to enter a "setup" mode in the BIOS.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Argh. I used to know this. If it's like my 386N then you need to hit a
key - possibly F12 - when the cursor scoots across to the right-hand
side of the screen. You've got about a second to do this. Don't blink.
apparently it has his Alfa Romeo motor club data
on it (so it's clearly
+10yo :-)
It's probably well outlived most of the 10-year-old Alfas, although
there's an early 80s one parked near my office that's not quite a Tetley
teabag yet.
Anyone know if the xenix fs can be mounted on
linux? (I doubt it, but
I thought I'd ask)
Probably. As someone else mentioned, SysV rings a faint bell. There's
bound to be some way to do it.
At worst you can dd off the entire image and play with the image,
leaving the disk alone.
Gordon