11/83 operating system load update -2

Rod Smallwood rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com
Thu Feb 24 06:04:37 CST 2022


MicroRSX V1

Partitions - YIK - DU.SYS gets you 8 . SYSGEN more.

I have no MFM drives and loads of SCSI.

How much of a drive gets used - IDC

R



On 24/02/2022 11:19, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> What version of MicroRSX?
>
> Remember RT11 has a limit of 33mb disk partitions, might want to just 
> get 30mb MFM drives and run it off the RQDX3
>
> C
>
> On 2/24/2022 5:13 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote:
>> I already have a Linux system (Ubuntu v20) the problem is
>>
>> I have no hardware that would run Linux and has a floppy controller.
>>
>> However thats no longer a problem as I have obtained a full original 
>> MicroRSX distribution on RX50.
>>
>> But thats not the end of the story.  RT-11 is next
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>> On 24/02/2022 08:35, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 15:50, Paul Koning via cctalk
>>> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>>> I think you're unnecessarily limiting your options by refusing to 
>>>> use Linux, which as we've pointed out is something you can do on 
>>>> your existing PC without overwriting the OS that is on it now.
>>> I agree. The same thought crossed my mind, in fact.
>>>
>>> A small distro such as Slax – https://www.slax.org/ – would fit onto a
>>> single CD-ROM, boot and run entirely from that disk and does not need
>>> to touch the hard disk.
>>>
>>> If the machine has a DVD-ROM, then a larger distro such as PC Linux OS
>>> will do the job too. No installation needed.
>>>
>>> https://www.pclinuxos.com/
>>>


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