Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cfa!wyatt From: wyatt@cfa.harvard.EDU (Bill Wyatt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Qs about MicroVAX UNIX availability Message-ID: <832@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 00:34:53 EST Article-I.D.: cfa.832 Posted: Fri Dec 4 00:34:53 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Dec-87 05:31:52 EST References: <3076@megaron.arizona.edu> Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics Lines: 24 in article <3076@megaron.arizona.edu>, whm@arizona.edu (Bill Mitchell) says: > > We're considering the purchase of a couple of MicroVAX systems to do some > kernel hacking and such and I'm trying to get clear on what runs on what. [...] [ Chris Torek responded the other stuff much as I understand it, too] > I'm also unclear on the initial bootstrap situation. It appears that if you've > got an Ultrix machine around you don't need a tape drive to do the initial > loading and get an Ultrix up and running. Yes, but you have to have more than just the other machine running Ultrix. It has to be configured with the software packages in the correct form for downloading to a target machine, which may mean up to ~12 Mbytes of disk storage (less of course if you prune what you don't want). We have this all set up on our Ultrix server node, and it worked just fine. It's not really faster than installing from a TK, but it's convienient. -- Bill UUCP: {husc6,ihnp4,cmcl2,mit-eddie}!harvard!cfa!wyatt Wyatt ARPA: wyatt@cfa.harvard.edu (or) wyatt%cfa@harvard.harvard.edu BITNET: wyatt@cfa2 SPAN: cfa2::wyatt