[SunRescue] SunOS 4.1.1 (3/3x)

[Sam Creasey]

On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, me wrote:

> i do have a copy of the 4.1.1 that has the sun3 track on it ...

Are there actually multiple tracks, or just a single data track with lots
of partitions?

If it's the latter case, then an workable image of the thing should be
doable with dd.  otherwise we'll have to find some kind of interchangable
format... (grrrrrrrr).

-- Sam

Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected our generation as
kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to
repetitive music.
        -- Unknown


>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Creasey" <sammy at oh.verio.com>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:11 PM
> Subject: [SunRescue] SunOS 4.1.1 (3/3x)
>
>
> >
> > So, there's been a bit of talk lately about the fact that sun no longer
> > seems to care where one gets their install media for sun 3/3x machines...
> > makes sense, why bother.
> >
> > Deciding that I'd like to try SunOS on one of the 4 3/3x boxes around here
> > (they all run linux now), and discovered that this is *extremely*
> > difficult to do without an ancient QIC tape drive.
> >
> > I don't have one of these drives.
> >
> > I *never* want to own one of these drives.
> >
> > But people distribute the tape images freely (thanks to the glorious,
> > glorious sun3/3x archive).
> >
> > And people mention 3/3x boot/install cdroms.
> >
> > So, erm..  Anyone who has one of these magical CD's think it would be
> > possible to obtain images of the data tracks on there?  I wanna try to
> > gather as much of this stuff as possible also to try to make it available
> > for FTP from this side of the Atlantic, once I've figured out how to
> > actually install at all....
> >
> > The 3/80 has boot prom 3.0.2 which is listed as being able to boot CD's.
> >
> > -- Sam
> >
> >
> > Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected our generation
> as
> > kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening
> to
> > repetitive music.
> >         -- Unknown
> >
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