I totally forgot the PDP11-C manuals I do have contain instructions for multiple OSes, including RSTS/E. So it seems the step I was missing was to create the AUTOIN$: directory. Once I did that and ran autoin I have been able to install it. So that problem is solved now.
- Peter On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM Zane Healy <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds really familiar, but it has probably been close to 15 years > for me and it was real hardware. My /73 has a DEC TLZ06 4mm and a TZ30 > (TK50). I installed the OS from 4mm, but had to install the at least one > layered product from TK50. > > I would recommend that you switch your tape drive type to TMSCP, and give > that a try. > > Zane > > > > On Oct 13, 2026, at 7:04 PM, Peter Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Zane, > > It is a simulated one, to be completely honest. :) I am using the TS05 > drive and I can restore the auto-installer, > and I can get the directory of the tape, as well as the backup sets. It's > just when I try to install CCC that it fails. > It seems to look for something under [1,2] but I don't know what. And > sometimes it just says something is corrupt. > > - Peter > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM Zane Healy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What type of tape drive? I seem to recall the layered products being >> pickier than the OS. Real HW or emulsion? >> >> Zane >> >> >> >> >> > On Oct 13, 2026, at 6:48 PM, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > So I have started playing around with RSTS/E v10.1 on one of my PDP-11s >> and >> > I am trying >> > to install PDP11-C v1.2. I have the auto-installer in [82,6] and the >> tape >> > mounted but it fails: >> > >> > $ @[82,6]autoin >> > RSTS/E Auto-Install Procedure V1.1 >> > >> > 18-Oct-26 01:47 AM >> > >> > Type "?" for help; CTRL/Z to end; or valid input. >> > >> > Which product(s) do you want to install? ccc >> > >> > Type "?" for help; CTRL/Z to exit Auto-Install; or valid input. >> > >> > Where are the update files located <PATCH$:>? >> > >> > Type "?" for help; CTRL/Z to skip this product; or valid input. >> > >> > Which device are the distribution files for CCC (CCC) located on >> (include >> > colon) >> > ? ms0: >> > >> > Products being installed: >> > Device Product Task name >> > ------ ------- --------- >> > MS0: CCC (CCC) >> > >> > Determining system configuration. >> > >> > FATAL -- Auto-Install internal data structure corrupted; procedure >> > aborting. >> > >> > Auto-Install ended at 18-Oct-26 01:47 AM. >> > >> > >> > I don't have the documentation for C for RSTS/E so, what am I missing? >> > Following this exact same process in RSX-11M+ works fine with the media >> for >> > RSX. >> > >> > I have the RSTS/E manuals, just not the ones for the layered products. >> > >> > Thanks in advance for any help or pointers. >> > >> > - Peter >> >>
