Ultrix-11

[Warner Losh]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 10:07 PM Bill Degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:

> pretty cool
>

Thanks!   Looking at the boot source I figured out that I just needed to
build a non-generic kernel
to get rid of the load device prompt... I'd somehow omitted that during the
install...

Warner

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:42 PM Warner Losh via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 6:11 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
>> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On 8/16/21 2:55 PM, js--- via cctalk wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 8/15/2021 10:08 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>> > >> On 8/15/21 12:45 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Distributions/DEC/Ultrix-11/Fred-Ultrix3 in the tuhs archive has
>> > >>> complete
>> > >>> instructions as well as a program to build the ultrix tapes
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >> It took a day because I wanted to test it but I have a TK50 image
>> that
>> > >> works with SIMH.  I did an install on an 11/73 with 3M of memory and
>> > >> two RD54's.  Worked fine.  It's been a while since I did any
>> Ultrix-11
>> > >> on real or simulated hardware.
>> > >>
>> > >> Have no idea how to get this tape to anyone.  It's just shy of 4M.
>> Not
>> > >> sure if it could be emailed.  The SIMH ini file is trivially simple
>> but
>> > >> I could provide that as well.
>> > >>
>> > >> I have nowhere I could put it up for download.  I don't do things
>> like
>> > >> Google Drive.  Maybe we need a GITHUB site or something for Ultrix
>> > stuff.
>> > >>
>> > >> bill
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Bill's file is at:
>> > >
>> > > http://www.cimmeri.com/js/download/ultrix-11/
>> > >
>> >
>> > So, anybody got a system running from that tape yet?
>> >
>> > (Other than me :-)
>> >
>>
>> Does this count? I named it bill because I wasn't sure which version it
>> was
>> :)
>> And I did it from tape, not RX-50s and swapping 31 of them in/out with
>> simh... And I couldn't get 11/73 to work (I think my simh has a regression
>> there), but 11/83 worked just fine.
>>
>> ULTRIX-11 System V3.1 (bill)
>>
>> login: root
>>
>> Welcome to the ULTRIX-11 System
>>
>> erase = delete, kill = ^U, intr = ^C
>> bill# uname -a
>> ULTRIX-11 bill 3 0 PDP-11/83
>> bill# df
>> Filesystem    total    kbytes  kbytes  percent
>>    node       kbytes    used    free   used    Mounted on
>> /dev/rd00       4654    3076    1578    66%    /
>> /dev/rd01       8302    7708     594    93%    /usr
>> bill#
>>
>> But I did something wrong... It prompts me for the load device on each
>> reboot.
>>
>> sim> boot rq0
>>
>> Sizing Memory...
>>
>> Boot: rd(0,0)unix    (CTRL/C will abort auto-boot)
>>
>> Load device (? for help, <RETURN> if none) < ht tm ts tk rx rl rc > ? tk
>>
>> rd(0,0)unix:
>>
>> 14784+17024+8192+8000+8064+8000+8064+8128+8000+7808+7936+7936+7680+7360+1344
>>
>> ULTRIX-11 Kernel V3.1
>> ...
>>
>> (and I think my simh is a bit wonky because it doesn't quite work: it
>> hangs
>> from time to time, but only after a reset)
>>
>> Warner
>>
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