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Sizing Memory…

To list options, type help then press

Boot: ht(0,0)sdload

ULTRIX-11 System Disk Load Program

This program loads the ULTRIX-11 ROOT and USR file systems
from the distribution media to the system disk.

Enter your answer to each question in lowercase, then
press the key.

To correct typing mistakes press the key to erase
a single character or to erase the entire line.

You will be asked a series of questions. If you need help
with the answer to any question, type the word `help’ or
a `?’ then press the key.

Press to continue:

****** CAUTION ******

The ULTRIX-11 installation procedure will overwrite your disk.
Any existing data on the system disk(s) will be destroyed.

If you wish to preserve the data on your disk: answer `no’
to the following question, recover the data from your disk,
then restart the installation.

Are you ready to continue with the installation ? y

Target CPU is a PDP11/24 processor ? y

CURRENT CPU = PDP11/24, TARGET CPU = PDP11/24

What is your system disk type ? rl02

Scan system disk(s) for bad blocks ? n

****** MAKING EMPTY (ROOT) FILE SYSTEM ******

File system size: 8000
Disk type: rl02
Processor type: 24
File system name: root
Volume name: system
File system: rl(0,0)
isize = 2560
m/n = 12 20
Exit called

****** EMPTY FILE SYSTEM COMPLETED ******

****** RESTORING (ROOT) ONTO SYSTEM DISK ******

Tape: ht(0,0)root
Disk: rl(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape

****** FILE SYSTEM RESTORE COMPLETE ******

****** CHECKING (ROOT) FILE SYSTEM ******

File: rl(0,0)
Salvage free list ? n
rl(0,0):
files 433 (r=405,d=20,b=1,c=7)
used 7662 (i=211,ii=9,iii=0,d=7433)
free 25
missing 0

****** FILE SYSTEM CHECK COMPLETE ******

****** MAKING EMPTY (USR) FILE SYSTEM ******

File system size: 10240
Disk type: rl02
Processor type: 24
File system name: /usr
Volume name: system
File system: rl(0,10240)
isize = 3272
m/n = 12 20
Exit called

****** EMPTY FILE SYSTEM COMPLETED ******

****** RESTORING (USR) ONTO SYSTEM DISK ******

Tape: ht(0,0)usr
Disk: rl(0,10240)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape

****** FILE SYSTEM RESTORE COMPLETE ******

****** CHECKING (USR) FILE SYSTEM ******

File: rl(0,10240)
Salvage free list ? n
rl(0,10240):
files 1084 (r=1021,d=63,b=0,c=0)
used 9177 (i=155,ii=9,iii=0,d=9004)
free 661
missing 0

****** FILE SYSTEM CHECK COMPLETE ******

****** COPYING BOOT TO SYSTEM DISK BLOCK ZERO ******

****** BLOCK ZERO BOOT LOADED ******

****** BOOTING ULTRIX-11 SYSTEM TO SINGLE-USER MODE ******

Sizing Memory…

Boot: rl(0,0)rlunix (CTRL/C will abort auto-boot)

rl(0,0)rlunix: 15680+18258+8192+8192+8192+8128+8192+3904

ULTRIX-11 Kernel V2.0

realmem = 262144
buffers = 20480
usermem = 161152
erase = delete, kill = ^U, intr = ^C

ULTRIX-11 Initial Setup Program

The ULTRIX-11 system is now up and running in SINGLE-USER mode.
This program performs the following initialization steps:

o Determines the system disk and processor types.

o Selects one of the preconfigured ULTRIX-11 kernels.

o Installs alternate versions of several commands.

o Initializes the error log file.

o Creates the special files for the system disk.

o Removes all unnecessary files.

Enter your answer to each question in lowercase, then
press the key.

To correct typing mistakes press the key to erase
a single character or to erase the entire line.

Press to continue:

Is your console a CRT (video terminal) ? y

****** DETERMINING SYSTEM DISK/CPU TYPES ******

LOAD DEVICE TYPE = MAGTAPE UNIT 0
SYSTEM DISK TYPE = rl02
CURRENT CPU TYPE = PDP11/24
TARGET CPU TYPE = PDP11/24

Is the above information correct ? y

Please enter the current time/date using the following format:

YYMMDDHHMM.SS

Where:
YY equals the last two digits of the year
MM equals the number of the month of the year
DD equals the number of the day of the month
HH equals the hour of the day (based on 24 hours)
MM equals the minutes of the hour
SS equals the seconds of the minute (optional)

To set the time and date to 6:30 PM on January 7, 1984,
for example, you would enter:

8401071830

Enter date: 8401071830

Sat Jan 7 18:30:00 EST 1984

****** SELECTING ULTRIX-11 KERNEL ******

mv /rlunix /unix
rm -f /??unix

****** SELECTING COMMANDS in /bin ******