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- From: refling@sloth.eng.uci.edu (John P. Refling)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: A few questions from a novice on microvax station II
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- Date: 4 Jan 93 22:40:31 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Irvine
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- I have inherited a microvax station II with tk50, 71 Mb hard disk,
- ethernet card, etc. Looks pretty complete. The problem is that is
- is running ultrix 1.1. I notice by reading the faq that ultrix is
- up to about 4.3. The problem is of coarse that 1.1 uses about 30 Mb
- while I gather that 4.3 uses upward of 300-400 Mb. That won't fit
- on my 71 Mb disk.
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- So, the first question is: how bad is 1.1, how good is 4.3, and what's
- a good compromise between the two in terms of size/functionality?
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- Next question: I have the RQDX3 controller (M7555) and am wondering
- what other non-DEC drives I can put on it and get the operating system
- to use it (I realise it is an ST-506 interface).
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- Final question (for now): how to copy the TK50 boot tapes. I have
- only one copy of the ultrix 1.1 distribution tape and do not feel
- comfortable without a backup. I think it has something to do with
- the dd utility, but am not sure.
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- One more question: is this the right place to be asking these
- questions or is there a better place?
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- Thanks for any help!
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