Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!melanie From: melanie@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Getting a bootable kernel on tape Message-ID: <209300001@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 10 Aug 89 15:40:00 GMT References: <1942@leah.Albany.Edu> Lines: 30 Nf-ID: #R:leah.Albany.Edu:1942:uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:209300001:000:1079 Nf-From: uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!melanie Aug 10 10:40:00 1989 to make a bootable tk50 (or 9trk, though i have no way to try it) you need to write vmb.exe and the generic standalone kernel on the tape, in that order. if you have real ultrix 3.x or the ultrix 3.x "server kit", vmb.exe is located in / and the standalone vmunix is located in /usr/sys/SAS.net. use dd to write the tape (attached are my notes to myself): To make a SAS tape, insert a writable TK50, then issue the following commands: dd if=/vmb.exe of=/dev/rmt0h obs=512 # write vmb mt rewind # just to be sure mt fsf 1 # skip over vmb dd if=/usr/sys/SAS.net/vmunix of=/dev/rmt0h obs=512 # write generic Ultrix then boot from the tape with the b mua0 you could also dd the first two files off of your bootable tk50 and then write them on another tape. you can also do this under vms (!!) by mounting the tape /rec=512 /block=512 and using the vms copy command. melanie anderson beckman institute university of illinois 217/244-1079 #include std_disclaimer.h