Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-26 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >> Thanks for the suggestion - it sounds plausible. If I remember > >> correctly, it asks for the time when you boot up, but I might not be > >> remembering it properly so I'll give it a try soon. > > >

Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-26 Thread r.stricklin via cctalk
On Aug 26, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote: > I installed to a fairly large disk so didn't skip any of the Xserver > packages, although for now I've just been trying to boot with a console > attached. So, not so sure if X is the issue. The installation of the X servers package includes a

Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-26 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
>> >> Thanks for the suggestion - it sounds plausible. If I remember >> >> correctly, it asks for the time when you boot up, but I might not be >> >> remembering it properly so I'll give it a try soon. >> > >> > I think you're tilting windmills with that. >> > >> > PMAG-J apparently isn't related

Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-26 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
>> Thanks for the suggestion - it sounds plausible. If I remember >> correctly, it asks for the time when you boot up, but I might not be >> remembering it properly so I'll give it a try soon. > > I think you're tilting windmills with that. > > PMAG-J apparently isn't related to any of the other

Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-25 Thread r.stricklin via cctalk
On Aug 24, 2017, at 12:23 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctech wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion - it sounds plausible. If I remember > correctly, it asks for the time when you boot up, but I might not be > remembering it properly so I'll give it a try soon. I think you're tilting windmills with that.

Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-24 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> I am clueless etc, have no idea about how Ultrix does its things under > the hood, but have you tried setting the proper date when in single > mode, then reboot into normal mode? I guess some parts of the system > may refuse to work if they find out that filesystem is "newer" than > the clock.

Re: ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-24 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 07:54:50PM +0100, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > > I picked up a DECstation 5000/200 over a year ago, which I haven't > really played with until this weekend. I burnt an Ultrix 4.5 iso, as I > have a RRD43 cdrom drive. The installation appeared to go fine, and

ULTRIX 4.5 on DECstation won't boot into multi-user mode

2017-08-14 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Hi all, I picked up a DECstation 5000/200 over a year ago, which I haven't really played with until this weekend. I burnt an Ultrix 4.5 iso, as I have a RRD43 cdrom drive. The installation appeared to go fine, and I was very pleased to see that Emacs is available in the unsupported packages.