26 Feb
2017
26 Feb
'17
1:55 a.m.
Hey,
Does anyone have any of the floppies for OpenDesktop 2.0.0? Mine got
damaged in a dehumidifier failure before they got to California. The
only survivor was of all things...the QIC-24 tape (which I have read
fine)
sco-tape> tar tf file0 | more
./tmp/_lbl/prd=odtps/typ=u386/rel=2.0.0a/vol=1
Anyone know a good starting point for attempting to install it in to a
VM? ;)
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Cory Smelosky
b4(a)gewt.net
26 Feb
26 Feb
4:35 a.m.
I've always added 'tape' images as 2nd disks and symlinked the devices.
Like the old way of installing Xenix, it's not very sophisticated as it looks...
On February 26, 2017 8:55:25 AM GMT+08:00, Cory Smelosky <b4(a)gewt.net> wrote:
Hey,
Does anyone have any of the floppies for OpenDesktop 2.0.0? Mine got
damaged in a dehumidifier failure before they got to California. The
only survivor was of all things...the QIC-24 tape (which I have read
fine)
sco-tape> tar tf file0 | more
./tmp/_lbl/prd=odtps/typ=u386/rel=2.0.0a/vol=1
Anyone know a good starting point for attempting to install it in to a
VM? ;)
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Cory Smelosky
b4(a)gewt.net
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4:46 a.m.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017, at 19:35, Jason Stevens wrote:
>
>
>
I've always added 'tape' images as 2nd
disks and symlinked the
devices. Like the old way of installing Xenix, it's not very
sophisticated as it looks...
On February 26, 2017 8:55:25 AM GMT+08:00, Cory
Smelosky
<b4(a)gewt.net> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Does anyone have any of the floppies for
OpenDesktop 2.0.0? Mine got
>
> damaged in a dehumidifier failure before they got to California. The
>
> only survivor was of all things...the QIC-24 tape (which I have read
>
> fine)
>
> sco-tape> tar tf file0 | more
>
> ./tmp/_lbl/prd=odtps/typ=u386/rel=2.0.0a/vol=1
>
> Anyone know a good starting point for attempting
to install it
> in to a
>
> VM? ;)
>
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please
excuse my brevity.
I'm also missing the floppies, though.
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Cory Smelosky
b4(a)gewt.net
5:13 p.m.
What filesystem type does it use for root/boot/whatever?
Install operating system "X" that supports that filesystem type in the
virtual guest, create a new disk, newfs/mkfs it, arrange the bits from
the tape, take the newly-assembled disk and move to another VM and try
to boot it.
Not remembering anything about how SVR3.2 boots (I think that's what
Opendesktop is?) that's the end of my help on the subject :)
On 2/25/2017 10:46 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
I'm also missing the floppies, though.
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Cory Smelosky
b4(a)gewt.net
7:50 p.m.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2017, at 08:13, Arthur Krewat wrote:
> Install operating system "X" that supports that filesystem type in
> the virtual guest, create a new disk, newfs/mkfs it, arrange the bits
> from the tape, take the newly-assembled disk and move to another VM
> and try to boot it.
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Cory Smelosky
b4(a)gewt.net
What filesystem type does it use for
root/boot/whatever?
Not remembering anything about how SVR3.2 boots (I
think that's what
Opendesktop is?) that's the end of my help on the
subject :)
Now that's a bit of a bootstrap paradox. ;)
I should be able to do that, actually. Just need...time.
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