Subject: Re: RSTS/E on a PDP-11? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Feb 1998

On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:07:43 -0800 (PST), Tim Shoppa
&lt;shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca&gt; wrote:

...
  >What sort
of packs?  What commands were you issuing to read them?
>What OS did you try to read them from?  What error message did you get
>when it failed? 
 They're RK05 packs, inserted in the DK2:
device. I booted from DK0: with
RT-11 v.4 and used "dir dk2:" to read the disk directory. Although I
don't remember the specific error, it's something like "invalid >
directory." 
...
  Yep.  As you've just discovered, the RSTS/E
directory structure is
different than RT-11's. 
...
 You can still read raw blocks from the disk, though. 
Try doing
a DUMP/TERM/RAD50 DK2: and you'll see the directory blocks, followed
by data blocks, scrolling by. 
 I'll give this a try.

...
 Have you tried booting either of the RSTS/E packs?

 No, but I'll give this a try, too. It seems that the diagnostics pack that
I have is unreadable also (that one is not labeled with the required
system).

 Thanks!

Rich Cini/WUGNET
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