6 Dec
2004
6 Dec
'04
2:57 a.m.
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(a)ivan.Harhan.ORG>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>rg>; <h.wolter(a)sympatico.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: VAX 11/725
Heinz Wolter <h.wolter(a)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