[Info-vax] Alpha V8.4-2 distribution
David Froble
davef at tsoft-inc.com
Mon Jun 20 01:02:53 EDT 2016
Paul Sture wrote:
> On 2016-06-20, Michael Moroney <moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote:
>> Hans Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> writes:
>>
>>> Which one,[SYS0E.]?
>> If I remember, it was [SYSD.] I don't have an upgrade disk to check at
>> the moment, I'll check tomorrow if nobody else beats me to it.
>
> On the ALPHA084.ISO image I received as part of the Hobbyist kit in May-2015:
>
> $ dir SYS%
>
> Directory DUC0:<000000>
>
> SYS0.DIR;1 SYS1.DIR;1 SYS2.DIR;1 SYS3.DIR;1
> SYS4.DIR;1 SYS5.DIR;1 SYS6.DIR;1 SYS7.DIR;1
> SYS8.DIR;1 SYS9.DIR;1 SYSA.DIR;1 SYSB.DIR;1
> SYSC.DIR;1 SYSE.DIR;1 SYSF.DIR;1
>
> Total of 15 files.
>
> SYSD it is.
>
>> I believe that in CI VAX days root F was reserved for upgrades, E for
>> standalone backup. I don't know if D or anything else was reserved
>> perhaps making this deliberate.
>
> Correct. I'd speculate that D was 'reserved for use by Digital' rather
> than being an omission.
>
> From VAX/VMS V7.3 STABACKIT.COM
>
> $ ! P1 - Target device
> $ ! P2 - Target directory, defaults to <SYS0.SYSEXE>. If target
> $ ! device is SYS$SYSDEVICE:, the directory is forced to
> $ ! <SYSE.SYSEXE> and the <SYSE> directory will be given
> $ ! a SYSCOMMON root which points to common system files
> $ ! (i.e. points to SYS$TOPSYS for normal systems and to
> $ ! existing SYSCOMMON for shared system disks). Forced to
> $ ! <SYS0.SYSEXE> for small media.
> $ ! P3 - Source device and directory, defaults to SYS$SYSROOT:<SYSEXE>
> $ ! P4 - Application kit type, one of [BACKUP, BAD] (Forced to
> $ ! BACKUP for V5.0) !*bad*
> $ ! P5 - If run from VMSKITBLD, do not INITIALIZE tape or large disk.
> $ ! This parameter is unsupported, for internal use only.
>
> I don't recall using P4=BAD at any stage.
>
The following is something I wasn't quite ready for ....
Directory LDA1:[000,000]
000000.DIR;1 AVAIL_MAN_BASE.DIR;1
DECNET_PHASE_IV_ALPHA0842.DIR;1 DWMOTIF_SUPPORT_ALPHA0842.DIR;1
KITS.DIR;1 SYS0.DIR;1 SYS1.DIR;1 SYS10.DIR;1
SYS11.DIR;1 SYS12.DIR;1 SYS13.DIR;1 SYS14.DIR;1
SYS15.DIR;1 SYS16.DIR;1 SYS17.DIR;1 SYS18.DIR;1
SYS19.DIR;1 SYS1A.DIR;1 SYS1B.DIR;1 SYS1C.DIR;1
SYS1D.DIR;1 SYS1E.DIR;1 SYS1F.DIR;1 SYS2.DIR;1
SYS20.DIR;1 SYS21.DIR;1 SYS22.DIR;1 SYS23.DIR;1
SYS24.DIR;1 SYS25.DIR;1 SYS26.DIR;1 SYS27.DIR;1
SYS28.DIR;1 SYS29.DIR;1 SYS2A.DIR;1 SYS2B.DIR;1
SYS2C.DIR;1 SYS2D.DIR;1 SYS2E.DIR;1 SYS2F.DIR;1
SYS3.DIR;1 SYS30.DIR;1 SYS31.DIR;1 SYS32.DIR;1
SYS33.DIR;1 SYS34.DIR;1 SYS35.DIR;1 SYS36.DIR;1
SYS37.DIR;1 SYS38.DIR;1 SYS39.DIR;1 SYS3A.DIR;1
SYS3B.DIR;1 SYS3C.DIR;1 SYS3D.DIR;1 SYS3E.DIR;1
SYS3F.DIR;1 SYS4.DIR;1 SYS40.DIR;1 SYS41.DIR;1
SYS42.DIR;1 SYS43.DIR;1 SYS44.DIR;1 SYS45.DIR;1
SYS46.DIR;1 SYS47.DIR;1 SYS48.DIR;1 SYS49.DIR;1
SYS4A.DIR;1 SYS4B.DIR;1 SYS4C.DIR;1 SYS4D.DIR;1
SYS4E.DIR;1 SYS4F.DIR;1 SYS5.DIR;1 SYS50.DIR;1
SYS51.DIR;1 SYS52.DIR;1 SYS53.DIR;1 SYS54.DIR;1
SYS55.DIR;1 SYS56.DIR;1 SYS57.DIR;1 SYS58.DIR;1
SYS59.DIR;1 SYS5A.DIR;1 SYS5B.DIR;1 SYS5C.DIR;1
SYS5D.DIR;1 SYS5E.DIR;1 SYS5F.DIR;1 SYS6.DIR;1
SYS60.DIR;1 SYS61.DIR;1 SYS62.DIR;1 SYS63.DIR;1
SYS64.DIR;1 SYS65.DIR;1 SYS66.DIR;1 SYS67.DIR;1
SYS68.DIR;1 SYS69.DIR;1 SYS6A.DIR;1 SYS6B.DIR;1
SYS6C.DIR;1 SYS6D.DIR;1 SYS6E.DIR;1 SYS6F.DIR;1
SYS7.DIR;1 SYS70.DIR;1 SYS71.DIR;1 SYS72.DIR;1
SYS73.DIR;1 SYS74.DIR;1 SYS75.DIR;1 SYS76.DIR;1
SYS77.DIR;1 SYS78.DIR;1 SYS79.DIR;1 SYS7A.DIR;1
SYS7B.DIR;1 SYS7C.DIR;1 SYS7D.DIR;1 SYS7E.DIR;1
SYS7F.DIR;1 SYS8.DIR;1 SYS80.DIR;1 SYS81.DIR;1
SYS82.DIR;1 SYS83.DIR;1 SYS84.DIR;1 SYS85.DIR;1
SYS86.DIR;1 SYS87.DIR;1 SYS88.DIR;1 SYS89.DIR;1
SYS8A.DIR;1 SYS8B.DIR;1 SYS8C.DIR;1 SYS8D.DIR;1
SYS8E.DIR;1 SYS8F.DIR;1 SYS9.DIR;1 SYS90.DIR;1
SYS91.DIR;1 SYS92.DIR;1 SYS93.DIR;1 SYS94.DIR;1
SYS95.DIR;1 SYS96.DIR;1 SYS97.DIR;1 SYS98.DIR;1
SYS99.DIR;1 SYS9A.DIR;1 SYS9B.DIR;1 SYS9C.DIR;1
SYS9D.DIR;1 SYS9E.DIR;1 SYS9F.DIR;1 SYSA.DIR;1
SYSA0.DIR;1 SYSA1.DIR;1 SYSA2.DIR;1 SYSA3.DIR;1
SYSA4.DIR;1 SYSA5.DIR;1 SYSA6.DIR;1 SYSA7.DIR;1
SYSA8.DIR;1 SYSA9.DIR;1 SYSAA.DIR;1 SYSAB.DIR;1
SYSAC.DIR;1 SYSAD.DIR;1 SYSAE.DIR;1 SYSAF.DIR;1
SYSB.DIR;1 SYSB0.DIR;1 SYSB1.DIR;1 SYSB2.DIR;1
SYSB3.DIR;1 SYSB4.DIR;1 SYSB5.DIR;1 SYSB6.DIR;1
SYSB7.DIR;1 SYSB8.DIR;1 SYSB9.DIR;1 SYSBA.DIR;1
SYSBB.DIR;1 SYSBC.DIR;1 SYSBD.DIR;1 SYSBE.DIR;1
SYSBF.DIR;1 SYSC.DIR;1 SYSC0.DIR;1 SYSC1.DIR;1
SYSC2.DIR;1 SYSC3.DIR;1 SYSC4.DIR;1 SYSC5.DIR;1
SYSC6.DIR;1 SYSC7.DIR;1 SYSC8.DIR;1 SYSC9.DIR;1
SYSCA.DIR;1 SYSCB.DIR;1 SYSCC.DIR;1 SYSCD.DIR;1
SYSCE.DIR;1 SYSCF.DIR;1 SYSD0.DIR;1 SYSD1.DIR;1
SYSD2.DIR;1 SYSD3.DIR;1 SYSD4.DIR;1 SYSD5.DIR;1
SYSD6.DIR;1 SYSD7.DIR;1 SYSD8.DIR;1 SYSD9.DIR;1
SYSDA.DIR;1 SYSDB.DIR;1 SYSDC.DIR;1 SYSDD.DIR;1
SYSDE.DIR;1 SYSDF.DIR;1 SYSE.DIR;1 SYSE0.DIR;1
SYSE1.DIR;1 SYSE2.DIR;1 SYSE3.DIR;1 SYSE4.DIR;1
SYSE5.DIR;1 SYSE6.DIR;1 SYSE7.DIR;1 SYSE8.DIR;1
SYSE9.DIR;1 SYSEA.DIR;1 SYSEB.DIR;1 SYSEC.DIR;1
SYSED.DIR;1 SYSEE.DIR;1 SYSEF.DIR;1 SYSF.DIR;1
SYSF0.DIR;1 SYSF1.DIR;1 SYSF2.DIR;1 SYSF3.DIR;1
SYSF4.DIR;1 SYSF5.DIR;1 SYSF6.DIR;1 SYSF7.DIR;1
SYSF8.DIR;1 SYSF9.DIR;1 SYSFA.DIR;1 SYSFB.DIR;1
SYSFC.DIR;1 SYSFD.DIR;1 SYSFE.DIR;1 SYSFF.DIR;1
VMS$COMMON.DIR;1
Total of 261 files.
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