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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au (Paul Repacholi)
- Subject: Re: Making BRUSYS Tapes on RSX11M+
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.024033.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1992Sep9.162524.6057@cco.caltech.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:40:33 GMT
-
- In article <1992Sep9.162524.6057@cco.caltech.edu>, varsik@suncub.bbso.caltech.edu writes:
- > I am not able to make a bootable BRUSYS tape on our observatory's
- > PDP-11 system.
- >
- > This is my hardware configuration:
- >
- > PDP-11/44, 4 MB RAM with a QNIVERTER UNIBUS to Q-bus adapter
- > System Industries 9751-C disk (emulates RA-81) with UDA-50
- > controller
- > Tandberg TDI 1050 tape with Western Peripherals TC-130
- > controller (emulates TU-10)
- > Cipher 990 tape with Emulex TC03 controller (emulates
- > TK-25)
- >
- > and I'm running RSX-11M+ version 3.0D.
- >
- > Although the tape drives can boot various diagnostic tapes, I can't
- > seem to make a BRUSYS tape that will work. If I attempt to
- > boot from a BRUSYS tape I have made using the VMR SAVE command,
- > the tape advances slightly from load point and freezes.
- > I get no message from the console.
- >
- > I use the procedure in the BRU manual to make the tape (when logged in as
- > SYSTEM):
- >
- > > ALL MT0:
- > > MOU MT0:/FOR
- > > SET /UIC=[6,54]
- > > RUN VMRM42
- > ENTER FILENAME: BRUSYS
- > VMR> SAVE MT:BRUSYS
- > VMR> <CTRL-Z>
- > >
- >
-
- Have you a) looked in the error log? b) tryed the MS?
-
- Every thing you hae done seems OK. My suspicion is controller not beeing
- perfectaly TM-11 like, but why only for vmrm42??
-
- ~paul
-
-