I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I can't really give a proper response. On 3 March 2015 at 05:24, Rhialto <[email protected]> wrote: > These are the corrupted tape files. BRU doesn't seem to like either of > them. > > BB-J0830-01.M01_RSX11M+_V4.6_1999.tap > BB-J0830-01.L01_RSX11M+_V4.6_BRU_1999.tap > from > http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/rsx11mplus/ > Those tape images work perfectly well. I have built several RSX-11/M+ systems from them; including a multiprocessor 11/74 setup on E-11. ("Only" three processors working instead of all four, because of a bug in E-11; so any chance we can get some 11/74 goodness in SIMH, please?)
I've attached an installation log from those above mentioned tapes done on SIMH just a short while ago. As can be seen they are Y2K aware, and they produce a functional and usable RSX-11/M+ system. Of course it needs more software to make it do anything "neat", other than RMD (and MACRO-11). BRU on the bootable standalone RSX-11/M tape (BB-J0830-01.M01) can read the savesets on BB-J0830-01.L01 just fine. Though you do have to make sure the /MAX: and /HEADERS: fields have the correct values, otherwise the resultant disk image won't work. However, the RSX-11 layered product tapes found on the Trailing Edge FTP site are mostly corrupted, unfortunately. Conversely, the RSTS/E layered product tapes seem to be fine for the majority (though some are in TPC format), as is the RSTS/E 10.1-L installation tape. The SYSGEN process I followed is from AA-H431H-TC; while it is for RSX-11/M+ 4.3, the process is precisely similar, and in fact after starting the SYSGEN (with "@SYSGEN") it pretty much explains itself. The manual itself can be found on BitSavers, right here: <http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsx11/RSX11Mplus_V4.x/2a/AA-H431H-TC_RSX-11M-PLUS_4.3_System_Generation_and_Installation_Guide_Jan90.pdf> The manual also tells exactly the values to use for the /MAX: and /HEADERS: switches to the standalone BRU when loading the system from the tapes; Table 2-1 in the text, text page 2-11, PDF page 41. Cheers, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request.
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