2.11BSD Patch 445; FPSIM fixed; 211bsd runs on systems without FPP

[Don North]

Glen Slick wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2008 11:53 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone ever made an up-to-date install tape that doesn't require
>> you to apply all the patches?  I've got a chicken/egg situation going
>> on, my PDP-11 uses a Viking QDT SCSI board, which requires one of the
>> very last patches in order to be supported.
>>
>>     
>
> I have an MTI QTS-30 (aka CMD CQD-200/Ts) and TTi QTS-1 / QTS-3 SCSI
> tape controllers which I can use to boot a 2.11BSD install tape, but
> the install process hangs up while trying to restore the files from
> the tape to the hard drive.  Anyone know for certain if the latest
> patches might help that with these TMSCP controllers?
>
> With the same SCSI tape drive and a CQD-220/TM I can complete the
> 2.11BSD tape install process to a hard drive attached to the
> CQD-220/TM, but then it won't cold boot from the hard drive attached
> to the CQD-220/TM.  One of the MSCP boot loader patches is supposed to
> fix that, but I haven't built and verified myself yet.  It's on the to
> do list.
>
>   

A while back I posted a complete runnable SIMH setup for 2.11BSD that is 
patched thru #444. It's only missing the 'last' FPP patch that was 
posted within the last year or so (#445).

It's located at:  http://www.AK6DN.com/PDP-11/2.11BSD/

It is an RA72 1GB .dsk image file and a corresponding simh .ini file for 
an 11/44 config (it also happens to work on my real 11/44). There are 
also a sample boot log and a copy of the original 2.11BSD setup 
instructions as a .pdf.

I don't know what it would take to make a new set of install tapes. I 
started with the original install tapes to make the above setup, and 
applied the missing last set of patches to make the setup be current 
thru PL444.

Don