berk@techsys.uucp (techsys consulting) (04/04/91)
I am trying to use a Xenix which I bought from a dealer in TX, which turned out to be a TRS version. It comes up saying Tandy 3000 SYSV/286. It is TRS ver 1.0.0., Docs indicate that it is MS SYSV/286 ver3. PROBLEMS: dial is broke (only likes 1200b hayes or trs modems, src on disk for dial disagrees with src in docs, anyway) so news feeds might have to be done on the PC and networked to the 286 :(. C-NEWS - keeps core dumping in the make doit.bin, and I can't find why. If someone could e-mail a proto build.def that might work, or any info on unquirking Xenix, I'd be SO grateful. ........usc!srhqla!demott!techsys!berk
curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Curt J. Sampson) (04/06/91)
In article <910TZ2w164w@techsys.uucp> berk@techsys.uucp (techsys consulting) writes: > ...Tandy 3000 SYSV/286. > ...C-NEWS - keeps core dumping in the make > doit.bin, and I can't find why. > > If someone could e-mail a proto build.def that might work, > or any info on unquirking Xenix, I'd be SO grateful. I had the same thing happen on my SCO Xenix 286 2.3.2. It turns out that build creates doit.bin like this: ( many lines of stuff ) >doit.bin The shell barfs on that much stuff in parentheses (to make a subshell) and dumps core. The solution is simple. Just split it so that it looks like this: ( about half the stuff ) >doit.bin ( the other half ) >>doit.bin Other things you will want to watch out for: - most everything will compile fine in small model, but make sure that you give cc/ld the -i flag to split the I&D or a few programs won't work. - expire needs to be compiled under large model to work. After you've compiled the whole thing, you will have to recompile the libraries as large model and then recompile expire as large model. I've got cnews working just fine on my system now. Anybody who wants advice can feel free to send me mail. cjs -- | "It is actually a feature of UUCP that the map of curt@cynic.uucp | all systems in the network is not known anywhere." curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca | --Berkeley Mail Reference Manual (Kurt Schoens)