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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:12397 comp.sys.dec:14758 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!zl2tnm!toyunix!don Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: ?wuarchive 4.3bsd-reno code for VAX Message-ID: <7009223@zl2tnm.gen.nz> From: don@zl2tnm.gen.nz (Don Stokes) Date: 12 Aug 93 13:36:21 GMT Sender: news@zl2tnm.gen.nz (GNEWS Version 2.0 news poster.) References: <2495tfINNrul@cbl.umd.edu> Distribution: world Organization: The Wolery Lines: 19 mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) writes: > While skipping around wuarchive I decided to take some twists and turns > I hadn't made before and noticed the complete source tree for 4.3bsd-reno. > Now, I cd'd deep inside and noted the support for the VAX architecture > (KA630, KA650, KA820, and KA860). Does the VAX code still work? Can I > build a working 4.3bsd-reno system for my MicroVAX II or III (a II > is being upgraded with a KA650 shortly)? If so, how do I go about > pulling off this big source tree and building it? Can it be done under > ULTRIX 4.3? We had 4.3 Reno going on uVAX IIs here (ie VUW). There are a few tricks to getting it going. Unfortunately, the unix bigot (8-) involved has left, and we don't have a lot of use for these systems; one died (mutter mutter RA81s mutter mutter) and the other never had enough disk to be useful.... -- Don Stokes, CSC Network Manager, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Ph+64 4 495-5052 Fax+64 4 471-5386 Work:don@vuw.ac.nz Home:don@zl2tnm.gen.nz