Isildur, yes indeed, and no not quite. I have made a bootable
ULTRIX 4.5 tape now and tested on the uVAX-II. But it doesn't
work on the 6000-460! See what I get:

Loading system software.

Ultrixload (using VMB version 16)

Sizes:
text = 836456
data = 1223168
bss  = 849476

Rewinding tape ...
Starting at 0x2c19



cpu 0 panic: processor type not configured
trap type 8, code = 38, pc = 80075d38
dump area improper

?06 Halt instruction executed in kernel mode.
     PC     = 041F0012c
     SAVPSL = 001F0600
     KSP    = 80000580

Bootstrap failed due to previous error.
 >>>

they seemed to have forgotten to put the KA64A symbol into the
config(8) file! This is so silly! Now I need the sources to
make a (truly) generic kernel! And the release notes even say
that the 6000-500 class is supported!

Sigh,
-Gunther

PS: but your TK50 works beautifully. I just did the routine
cleaning once per your earlier advice. I also found a way
to speed up writing by a lot, I use:

dd ibs=1024000 obs=10240 ...

so that it streams 1 MB to tape before it needs to reposition.
Speeds up writing by a factor of 10 or more.



Lord Isildur wrote:

> wow! lucky find!!! 
> very cool
> any luck on making a tape to boot the 6000 yet?
> 
> isildur
> 
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ah, it pays to stick your nose into closets every now and
>>then: I found, and will soon take home, a nice big rack full
>>of SCSI drives and hookable uppable with CI! It's some 3rd
>>party thing ("MTI" or "MTC" or something?) but I would assume
>>it is just simply MSCP over CI. This is the best thing that
>>could happen to me since the 11/780, so hard to get SCSI for
>>a VAX 6000 otherwise.
>>
>>Just to share good news with my friends, not to make you
>>jealous.
>>
>>regards
>>-Gunther
>>


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Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
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