RT11 sysgen and disk partitions

Tue Mar 8 13:47:45 CST 2005

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Adrian Graham wrote:

> Sellam writ:
>
> > So this brings up another question: I've noticed that I don't
> > explicitly need to LOAD device drivers for the devices I want
> > to use when I boot RT-11.  In particular, I don't need to
> > LOAD DD when I want to use the TU58 simulator.  Are they
> > found and loaded automatically when the OS boots, or...?
>
> From what I remember you can build the sysgen with the drivers you know will
> be there at boot time but could still load them yourself afterwards if
> needed. Must drag the micro73 down here this week and see if my RL02s are
> playing nice.....

But I never did a sysgen, assuming that is an actual process.  I just
formatted/initialized my disk, issued the right COPY commands to copy over
system files and boot monitors, etc.  When I boot with that disk the DD
drivers are already loaded.

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