mike%cs1.wsu.edu@relay.cs.net (Mike Kibler - System Manager) (03/09/88)
Has anyone developed a bootable 4.3 BSD TK50 distribution for for the MVAX II ?? Thanks, ---- Mike ( Those who can do, do, those who can't simulate! ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael K. Kibler CSNET: mike%cs1.wsu.edu@RELAY.CS.NET Elect/Compt. Engr. Dept. UUCP: ..!ucbvax!ucdavis!egg-id!ui3!wsuecme!kibler Washington State Univ. BITNET: kibler%wsuvm1.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Pullman, WA. 99164-2752 PHONE: 509-335-8067
richl@penguin.USS.TEK.COM (Rick Lindsley) (03/12/88)
mike%cs1.wsu.edu@relay.cs.net (Mike Kibler - System Manager) writes:
Has anyone developed a bootable 4.3 BSD TK50 distribution for
for the MVAX II ??
Yes. It's been done for nearly 4 months now. Foolish me; I sent it to
Berkeley and they promised to send it out to ucb-fixes. Just a few
weeks ago, I met with a luminary at Usenix and was told they'd made
some changes and would send me the changes, and I should post them to
4bsd-bugs. But I've not heard from them since then, and yet I keep
getting requests ...
So look for the changes to appear in comp.bugs.4bsd as soon as I can
put them in order; couple of days probably.
The changes allow you to create a bootable TK50, and also a bootable
disk. The bad news is that it's a chicken and egg problem: since
Berkeley doesn't make TK50 distributions, you need a working TK50 to
create a bootable TK50. If you have an Ultrix machine already, and you
either have another uVax or want to change to 4.3, you can, with these
changes create a 4.3 TK50. If you are looking at a cold uVax with no
9-track tape drive and nothing but a blank TK50 and a 6250 distribution
tape, though, you are out of luck.
Rick