3 Feb
2016
3 Feb
'16
5:09 a.m.
Hi
I'm trying to boot a Bull DPX/2 and got stuck waiting for NFS to do
something, at least that is what I believe.
Is there anyone on the list with B.O.S experience that could help me
bring the sytem up under some kind of single user environment without
network.
I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies and I managed to get a
prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
have.
However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat". (You
are
supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the existing
installtion.
/P
3 Feb
3 Feb
3:35 p.m.
Hello,
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies and I managed to get a
prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
have.
However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat". (You
are
supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the existing
installtion.
I don't have experience with Bull at all. However, I have some
experience with other limited environments.
Does "echo" work?
If it does, you can try "echo *" as a (poor) substitute for "ls".
Apologies if you already know this.
HTH
--
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen
4 Feb
4 Feb
3:50 p.m.
On 02/03/2016 09:35 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
Hello,
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
Rather obvious, but I hadn't though of it. Thank you. Will try it next time.
/P
I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies
and I managed to get a
prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
have.
However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat". (You
are
supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the existing
installtion.
I don't have experience with Bull at all. However, I have some
experience with other limited environments.
Does "echo" work?
If it does, you can try "echo *" as a (poor) substitute for "ls".
Apologies if you already know this.
HTH 
5 Feb
5 Feb
1:28 a.m.
Hello Pontus.
As far as I remember, DPX/2 uses AT&T System 5 rel. 0 with some additions
in the terminal database for the specific Bull terminals.
So, basically all standard command could be find in the usual places.
Ed
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On Thu, February 4, 2016 21:50, Pontus wrote:
On 02/03/2016 09:35 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
Hello,
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
Rather obvious, but I hadn't though of it. Thank you. Will try it next
time.
/P
I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies
and I managed to get a
prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
have.
However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat". (You
are
supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the
existing
installtion.
I don't have experience with Bull at all. However, I have some
experience with other limited environments.
Does "echo" work?
If it does, you can try "echo *" as a (poor) substitute for "ls".
Apologies if you already know this.
HTH 
7:38 a.m.
This was from an install floppy, which means that it had (probably) only
mounted a mini-root file system, and was (again, probably) running a shell
with restricted functionality.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:28 AM, E. Groenenberg <ed at groenenberg.net> wrote:
Hello Pontus.
As far as I remember, DPX/2 uses AT&T System 5 rel. 0 with some additions
in the terminal database for the specific Bull terminals.
So, basically all standard command could be find in the usual places.
Ed
--
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On Thu, February 4, 2016 21:50, Pontus wrote:
On 02/03/2016 09:35 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
Hello,
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
Rather obvious, but I hadn't though of it. Thank you. Will try it next
time.
/P
I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies
and I managed to get a
prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
have.
However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat". (You
are
supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the
existing
installtion.
I don't have experience with Bull at all. However, I have some
experience with other limited environments.
Does "echo" work?
If it does, you can try "echo *" as a (poor) substitute for "ls".
Apologies if you already know this.
HTH
9:39 a.m.
Yes.
The primary reaspn I'm working with this system is because I
want to give it away to someone with more knowledge and more
importantly, more time.
But I need to remove some sensitive data first. Wipeing the
whole disk is doable but not prefered.
It's just scsi disks so if there is any other system, perhaps
emulated, that can read and write the file system formay that
might be a viable option.
What system might be able to do that?
/P
On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 01:38:10PM +0100, Raymond Wiker wrote:
This was from an install floppy, which means that it
had (probably) only
mounted a mini-root file system, and was (again, probably) running a shell
with restricted functionality.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:28 AM, E. Groenenberg <ed at groenenberg.net> wrote:
> Hello Pontus.
>
> As far as I remember, DPX/2 uses AT&T System 5 rel. 0 with some additions
> in the terminal database for the specific Bull terminals.
>
> So, basically all standard command could be find in the usual places.
>
> Ed
> --
> Ik email, dus ik besta.
> BTC : 1J5fajt8ptyZ2V1YURj3YJZhe5j3fJVSHN
> LTC : LP2WuEmYPbpWUBqMFGJfdm7pdHEW7fKvDz
>
> On Thu, February 4, 2016 21:50, Pontus wrote:
> > On 02/03/2016 09:35 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at
update.uu.se>
> >> wrote:
> >>> I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies and I managed to get a
> >>> prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals
that I
> >>> have.
> >>>
> >>> However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only
"cat". (You
> >>> are
> >>> supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess
up the
> >>> existing
> >>> installtion.
> >>>
> >> I don't have experience with Bull at all. However, I have some
> >> experience with other limited environments.
> >> Does "echo" work?
> >> If it does, you can try "echo *" as a (poor) substitute for
"ls".
> >> Apologies if you already know this.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >
> > Rather obvious, but I hadn't though of it. Thank you. Will try it next
> > time.
> >
> > /P
> >
>
>
2:30 p.m.
fre 2016-02-05 klockan 15:39 +0100 skrev Pontus Pihlgren:
Yes.
The primary reaspn I'm working with this system is because I
want to give it away to someone with more knowledge and more
importantly, more time.
But I need to remove some sensitive data first. Wipeing the
whole disk is doable but not prefered.
It's just scsi disks so if there is any other system, perhaps
emulated, that can read and write the file system formay that
might be a viable option.
What system might be able to do that?
/P
Can Solaris 2 mount an SysV file system ? (or SunOS 4)
3 Feb
3 Feb
7:17 p.m.
Can you take some pictures of that system? Sounds interesting. I had a
DPX/20 at one time which was basically an IBM RS/6000.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
Hi
I'm trying to boot a Bull DPX/2 and got stuck waiting for NFS to do
something, at least that is what I believe.
Is there anyone on the list with B.O.S experience that could help me
bring the sytem up under some kind of single user environment without
network.
I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies and I managed to get a
prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
have.
However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat". (You
are
supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the existing
installtion.
/P
4 Feb
4 Feb
3:51 p.m.
It looks like this, this is not ours:
http://www.1000bit.it/lista/dpx2.jpg
On 02/04/2016 01:17 AM, Kevin Bowling wrote:
Can you take some pictures of that system? Sounds
interesting. I had a
DPX/20 at one time which was basically an IBM RS/6000.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to boot a Bull DPX/2 and got stuck waiting for NFS to do
> something, at least that is what I believe.
>
> Is there anyone on the list with B.O.S experience that could help me
> bring the sytem up under some kind of single user environment without
> network.
>
> I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies and I managed to get a
> prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I
> have.
>
> However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt, only "cat".
(You are
> supposed to enter "os_install", but I don't want to mess up the
existing
> installtion.
>
>
> /P
>
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