DG/UX install media

[Josh Dersch]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 4:17 PM jim stephens via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

>
>
> On 10/11/2018 2:33 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:06 PM alan--- via cctalk
> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org>  wrote:
> >
> >>    However I have not been able to read the ISO images - as they don't
> >> appear to have the proper magic/headers for ISO.   Can anyone else work
> >> their file-type-foo on them and give me any hints?
> >>
> > One of them is ISO:
> > [tingo at kg-elitebook ISOs]$ file *[iIsSoO]
> > C2 Trusted DGUX Option Rev 5.4R3.00T.iso: data
> > DGUX 5.4R3.00.ISO:                        data
> > DGUX 5.4R3.10 Documentation.iso:          ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem
> > data 'DOCUMENTATION_CDROM'
> > DGUX 5.4R3-R3.10.MU01.ISO:                data
> >
> > Maybe they are just dumps? In whatever format  DG/UX expects
> > There could be hints on the documentation ISO.
> > Unfortunately, the files on the documentation ISO is in "WorldView"
> > format (aka "printerleaf") and a converter (pl2ps) can't be easily
> > found.
> > But - iview for Windows (NT) is on the ISO, maybe it will run under WINE?
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Torfinn Ingolfsen
> I looked at the three "data" ISOs, and there is something going on which
> appears to be a 512 byte related relation.
>
> Also two of them have a reference to bad blocks, which are probably not
> related to cdroms.
>
> Someone else suggested these were dumps of hard drives or such, which
> seems very likely.
> Not surprising that they are not making sense as an ISO image.
>
> thanks
> jim
>

FYI: I just burned "DGUX 5.43-R3.10.MU1.ISO to disc and booted it
successfully on my AViiON 8500.

Haven't tried the others yet, but I'm guessing they're OK too.

- Josh