mort@dhump.lakesys.COM (Mort d`Hump) (11/28/89)
I'm attempting to install the XENIX port of AutoCAD on a Unisys PW2\System 800/20 with 9 Megs of RAM. The HD is 70 Meg CDC, the controller is a WD 1003A-WA2 X5. The OS is XENIX/386AT 2.3.2. There has been nothing but trouble getting the OS/file system to stabilize, not to mention installing ACAD. I have done a low level format with the Unisys supplied SETUP program. All tests passed with flying colors. The disk is formatted with fdisk from DOS with a 10 Meg DOS partition (which _does_ boot from the xenix boot prompt :-), and a 20 Meg swap (per the ACAD docs). The basic system loads fine, but when I attempt to use custom to load the MOUSE, LINK, CSH, LPR, DOS. The system complains about multiple unexpected characters in a script and proceeds to trash the root file system (the only file system :-(. This has happened upon numerous attempts. Unisys sez that I need XENIX/386GT, for the SCSI drive, but the drive isn't SCSI to my eyes. SCO sez the GT version will only help with Adaptek (sp?) controllers. Has anyone had any success getting XENIX and/or ACAD running on a machine like mine? Thanks for your help! -- Marty Wiedmeyer mort@dhump.lakesys.COM