Nekonomicon - dg/ux on intel

kokoboi
From Bulgaria
Who joined Sept. 8, 2006, 4:44 p.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 17, 2013, 7:32 a.m...

I'm trying to install DG/UX4.11 on intel...
When booting from floppy on old pentium 2 with scsi controller - AIC7880 chip, which should be supported, the process transfer me directly to "Boot command:" prompt:

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   DG/UX System Release R4.11MU04 Bootstrap
   

   Boot Command:

To boot from the CDROM I need to know the hardware device configuration or if they are detected by installer. Something like this(I found it from google):

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   scsi controller :
   

   - adaptec 29160
   

   - Bus          : 0
   

   - device no.   : 9
   

   - func no      : 0
   

   - vendor id    : 9005
   

   - device id    : 0080
   

   - irq          : 5
   

   - i/o          : B800h
   

   - host id      : 7
   

   - boot scsi id : 0
   

   - boot lun     : 0
   

   - scsi id      : 0 - HDD
   

   - scsi id      : 6 - CD-ROM

I know there is no SMC available, but is there any command to invoke it?

"Look on wife/girlfriends/parents face when you drag all this stuff(IRIS CRIMSON, ONYX, ONYX2, ORIGIN 2000 ,etc.) home.... Priceless!

"

Motorla Series 900(MVME197LE) , Atari TT030, Motorola Powerstack

tingo
From Oslo, Norway
Who joined June 26, 2010, 5:40 p.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 18, 2013, 3 p.m...

Do trying things like '?', 'h' or 'help' at the boot command give any hints?
(I've never tried DG/UX)

Torfinn

kokoboi
From Bulgaria
Who joined Sept. 8, 2006, 4:44 p.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 19, 2013, 7:04 a.m...

I've tried all letters, but nothing

"Look on wife/girlfriends/parents face when you drag all this stuff(IRIS CRIMSON, ONYX, ONYX2, ORIGIN 2000 ,etc.) home.... Priceless!

"

Motorla Series 900(MVME197LE) , Atari TT030, Motorola Powerstack

tingo
From Oslo, Norway
Who joined June 26, 2010, 5:40 p.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 19, 2013, 2:35 p.m...

What if you try "boot", "boot -v", "boot -s" - do you get anything, even an error message?

Torfinn

kokoboi
From Bulgaria
Who joined Sept. 8, 2006, 4:44 p.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 19, 2013, 3:57 p.m...

Always this error:

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   *** ERROR: No device specifications found in boot command
   

   *** ERROR: Invalid boot command line

"Look on wife/girlfriends/parents face when you drag all this stuff(IRIS CRIMSON, ONYX, ONYX2, ORIGIN 2000 ,etc.) home.... Priceless!

"

Motorla Series 900(MVME197LE) , Atari TT030, Motorola Powerstack

Black Cardinal
From Albany, OR USA
Who joined Sept. 25, 2009, 10:40 a.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 19, 2013, 5:50 p.m...

A quick Google search for "DG/UX boot parameters" led me to

http://www.linuxmisc.com/14-unix-administering/4b7883b9fe7786ed.htm (forum post about boot command)

And

http://www.cilinder.be/docs/dgaviion/aviion9500.pdf (Aviion 9500 series user manual, look in chapter 3)

I don't know squat about Data General stuff so I have no idea if any of it is helpful, but I was curious.

4x400MHz R12K Onyx2 IR2, 5GB RAM
:1600SW:

R10K Indigo2 MaxIMPACT, 4 TRAMS, 768MB RAM, 2x9GB HD, CD-ROM, Phobos G160
Black Cardinal

smj
From Berkeley, CA, USA, NA, Earth, Sol
Who joined Nov. 12, 2007, 7:54 p.m.

Wrote the following at Nov. 20, 2013, 12:04 p.m...

I've used DG/UX on AViiON, but never saw it on Intel. Not sure if their bootloader bore any resemblance to AViiON PROM commands...

However Prior to the advent of SVR4-derived DG/UX, I know they remarketed Interactive UNIX for the 386. I wouldn't bet money on this, but depending on the age of what the OP is working with perhaps it's relabeled Interactive?

Then?