[rescue] Viper 150 reading QIC24?

[Steve Sandau]

What type of box are you booting? I ask because I have a Sun 3/80 at
work, with bootable 4.0.3 tapes, *and* all the manuals for installing
the OS. Might be useful if the hardware is similar. And, yes, I have
actually installed the OS from tape a few times. :)

Stephen Worotynec wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A low cost set of QIC24 cartridge tapes with SunOS 4.1.1 came my way, in
> the original Sun box. I thought I would try and install this bit of
> history, and acquired a 411 case with what identifies as a Viper 150
> drive.
> 
> When I try to boot from the tape at the ok prompt, I get the error
> message:
> 
> The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
> 
> I'm not sure the drive have survived the years, and I'm further
> not sure this particular drive can read QIC24.
> 
> After googling for some while, I'm still not sure what's wrong, and wonder
> if some of the tape media cognoscenti might have some ideas?
> 
> Thanks very much!
> 
> Stephen Worotynec
> _______________________________________________
> rescue maillist  -  rescue at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

-- 
Steve Sandau
ssandau at bath.tmac.com