23 Nov
2006
23 Nov
'06
9:23 a.m.
"Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Another question - if under RT11 5.04, a disk pack
shows "invalid
directory"... doesn't that rule out RSX and RSTS packs? In other words,
aren't those directories at least visible to RT11?
DOS-11 type packs can be read by RT-11 FLX, but that won't help
with RL01's/RL02's.
I'm wondering what I can
assume if a pack shows invalid directory under RT11 and isn't bootable with
regards to the likelyhood I can consider it a scratch pack. I'd rather not
init a pack that may contain something. Is there a better way to look?
DUMP/TERM DL1: and DUMP/TERM/RAD50 DL1: will put the raw blocks
on your screen, and with some experience you can recognize the different
filesystems that way.
There are DECUS tools that run under RT-11 and help you read (and
sometimes write) RSX and RSTS packs.
Tim.