11/83 operating system load update -2

Chris Zach cz at alembic.crystel.com
Thu Feb 24 05:19:03 CST 2022


What version of MicroRSX?

Remember RT11 has a limit of 33mb disk partitions, might want to just 
get 30mb MFM drives and run it off the RQDX3

C

On 2/24/2022 5:13 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote:
> I already have a Linux system (Ubuntu v20) the problem is
> 
> I have no hardware that would run Linux and has a floppy controller.
> 
> However thats no longer a problem as I have obtained a full original 
> MicroRSX distribution on RX50.
> 
> But thats not the end of the story.  RT-11 is next
> 
> R
> 
> 
> On 24/02/2022 08:35, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 15:50, Paul Koning via cctalk
>> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>> I think you're unnecessarily limiting your options by refusing to use 
>>> Linux, which as we've pointed out is something you can do on your 
>>> existing PC without overwriting the OS that is on it now.
>> I agree. The same thought crossed my mind, in fact.
>>
>> A small distro such as Slax – https://www.slax.org/ – would fit onto a
>> single CD-ROM, boot and run entirely from that disk and does not need
>> to touch the hard disk.
>>
>> If the machine has a DVD-ROM, then a larger distro such as PC Linux OS
>> will do the job too. No installation needed.
>>
>> https://www.pclinuxos.com/
>>


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