[rescue] Old SunOS

[Kevin Loch]

As long as we have the right drive on *any* unix machine
that can use it, we should be able to get the files off of it.
Any QIC60 tapes are trivial.  What format are the sun2 tapes
in?

As for making new tapes to install from, can it use any scsi tape drive 
(like DAT?).  As long as the machine can boot from a working tape drive,
we can get the right files on there.

KL

Steve Sandau wrote:
> Paul Khoury wrote:
> 
>>>>Does anyone have old SunOS images other than the ones
>>>>on sun3arc.org?
>>>
>>>Yes.
>>>
>>>I have a box of OLD original distro tapes.  I'm pretty sure they go back at
>>>least to sun2.
>>>
>>>
>>>Who has the drives (QIC 60?), knowhow and dedication to rescue this?   f
>>>there is sufficuent interest, I'll track down the box (we just moved) and
>>>post an inventory.
>>>
>>>
>>>There is NO rush, I've had then for a while, and they ain't going
>>>anywhere....
>>>
>>
>>I have a working Sun 2/120 with 7MB of RAM, but no SCSI card, and
>>I think my tape drives have bad rollers.
>>
>>Anyone else?
>>
> 
> I have a pair of 3/80s (one running with 4.0.3) and original tapes of
> 4.0.3. I have been able to copy the tapes, and boot and install from
> them, too. I have some 60M 1/4" tapes, some 120M tapes and three or so
> working 1/4" drives.
> 
> I don't know if the tapes will boot a Sun 2 or not, though...