BitWiz
Experienced Member
Please forgive me for the length of this message. I am trying to include all of the pertinent information.
I am trying to build an RX02 Bootable disk from the standard SerialDisk boot setup. The RX02 drives are connected to the computer and I has OS/8 V3T booting from SerialDisk with RXA0 and RXA1 setup as RX02 disks:
.RES/E
194 FILES IN 3082 BLOCKS USING 5 SEGMENTS
110 FREE BLOCKS
# NAME TYPE MODE SIZ BLK KIND U V ENT USER
01 SYS 64 RWF SYS 0 I 07
02 DSK 64 RWF SYS 0 I 07
03 BAT BAT R 16 B 00
04 TTY TTY RW 17+ KL8E E 176
05 RXA0 RX02 RWF 988 20+ 32
06 RXA1 RX02 RWF 988 20+ 36
07 DTA0 TD8E RWF 737 21+ TD8 0 D 10
10 T4 64 RWF SYS 0 I 07
11 TDA0 64 RWF SYS 1 I 56
12 T5 64 RWF 22 I 54
13 TDA1 64 RWF 22 I 53
14 RFB0 64 RWF 22 I 52
15 TDA2 64 RWF 22 I 51
16 RFB1 64 RWF 22 I 50
17 TDA3 64 RWF 22 I 47
FREE DEVICE SLOTS: NONE, FREE BLOCK SLOTS: 03
OS/8 V3T
On the SerialDisk RK05 images I have found the following RX02 drivers (or so I think they are):
\disks\diagpack2.0\rx02.bx
\disks\diagpack2.0\rxsy1.sy
\disks\diagpack2.0\rxsy2.sy
\disks\diagpack2.1\rx28c.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rx78c.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxbns.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxbsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxbsy2.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxns.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxsy2.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.0\rx02.bx
\disks\diagpack2_new2.0\rxsy1.sy
\disks\diagpack2_new2.0\rxsy2.sy
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rx28c.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rx78c.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxbns.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxbsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxbsy2.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxns.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxsy2.bh
\installer\diagpack2.0\rx02.bx
\installer\diagpack2.0\rxsy1.sy
\installer\diagpack2.0\rxsy2.sy
\installer\diagpack2.1\rx28c.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rx78c.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxbns.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxbsy1.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxbsy2.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxns.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxsy1.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxsy2.bh
All of the .SY files are 19,200 bytes long (in an DOS directory)
The RX02.BX file is 1,536 bytes long.
All of the .BH files are 768 bytes long.
Here are my questions:
1. What is the difference between the .SY, .BH and .DX files. The build documentation says that the extension should be .BN.
2. What is RX28C.BH?
3. What is RX02.BH?
4. I loaded RXSY2.BH and RXNS.BH in build and was able to so IN RX8E:SYS but when I tried IN RX8E:SYS, RXA0,RXA1 I gott an RXA0
5. What is the handler name when installing non-system devices?
6. What are the advantages of running the byte wide drivers (RXBSY2 and RXBNS)?
7. If I do use the byte wide drivers where does RXFIX.SV come in and will that work to boot an RX02 diskette?
8. What am I doing wrong with the following commands (from the serial disk boot system) to create a bootable RX02 disk in RXA0:
.RUN SYS BUILD
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
RK8E: *SYS RKA0 RKB0
RK05: *RKA0 *RKB0 *RKA1 *RKB1 RKA2 RKB2 RKA3 RKB3
RX02: *RXA0 *RXA1
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
RL0 : *RL0A *RL0B
DSK=RK8E:SYS
$UN RK05
$UN RK8E
$UN RX02
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
RL0 : *RL0A *RL0B
DSK=RK8E:SYS
$LO SDB0:RXSY2.BH
$LO SDB0:RXNS.BH
$IN RX8E:SYS,RXA0,RXB0
RXA0 NOT FOUND
$IN RX02:RXA0,RXA1
$DSK=RXA1:
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
RL0 : *RL0A *RL0B
RX8E: *SYS
RX02: *RXA0 *RXA1
DSK=RX02:RXA1
$
Thank you in advance,
Mike
I am trying to build an RX02 Bootable disk from the standard SerialDisk boot setup. The RX02 drives are connected to the computer and I has OS/8 V3T booting from SerialDisk with RXA0 and RXA1 setup as RX02 disks:
.RES/E
194 FILES IN 3082 BLOCKS USING 5 SEGMENTS
110 FREE BLOCKS
# NAME TYPE MODE SIZ BLK KIND U V ENT USER
01 SYS 64 RWF SYS 0 I 07
02 DSK 64 RWF SYS 0 I 07
03 BAT BAT R 16 B 00
04 TTY TTY RW 17+ KL8E E 176
05 RXA0 RX02 RWF 988 20+ 32
06 RXA1 RX02 RWF 988 20+ 36
07 DTA0 TD8E RWF 737 21+ TD8 0 D 10
10 T4 64 RWF SYS 0 I 07
11 TDA0 64 RWF SYS 1 I 56
12 T5 64 RWF 22 I 54
13 TDA1 64 RWF 22 I 53
14 RFB0 64 RWF 22 I 52
15 TDA2 64 RWF 22 I 51
16 RFB1 64 RWF 22 I 50
17 TDA3 64 RWF 22 I 47
FREE DEVICE SLOTS: NONE, FREE BLOCK SLOTS: 03
OS/8 V3T
On the SerialDisk RK05 images I have found the following RX02 drivers (or so I think they are):
\disks\diagpack2.0\rx02.bx
\disks\diagpack2.0\rxsy1.sy
\disks\diagpack2.0\rxsy2.sy
\disks\diagpack2.1\rx28c.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rx78c.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxbns.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxbsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxbsy2.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxns.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2.1\rxsy2.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.0\rx02.bx
\disks\diagpack2_new2.0\rxsy1.sy
\disks\diagpack2_new2.0\rxsy2.sy
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rx28c.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rx78c.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxbns.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxbsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxbsy2.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxns.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxsy1.bh
\disks\diagpack2_new2.1\rxsy2.bh
\installer\diagpack2.0\rx02.bx
\installer\diagpack2.0\rxsy1.sy
\installer\diagpack2.0\rxsy2.sy
\installer\diagpack2.1\rx28c.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rx78c.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxbns.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxbsy1.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxbsy2.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxns.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxsy1.bh
\installer\diagpack2.1\rxsy2.bh
All of the .SY files are 19,200 bytes long (in an DOS directory)
The RX02.BX file is 1,536 bytes long.
All of the .BH files are 768 bytes long.
Here are my questions:
1. What is the difference between the .SY, .BH and .DX files. The build documentation says that the extension should be .BN.
2. What is RX28C.BH?
3. What is RX02.BH?
4. I loaded RXSY2.BH and RXNS.BH in build and was able to so IN RX8E:SYS but when I tried IN RX8E:SYS, RXA0,RXA1 I gott an RXA0
5. What is the handler name when installing non-system devices?
6. What are the advantages of running the byte wide drivers (RXBSY2 and RXBNS)?
7. If I do use the byte wide drivers where does RXFIX.SV come in and will that work to boot an RX02 diskette?
8. What am I doing wrong with the following commands (from the serial disk boot system) to create a bootable RX02 disk in RXA0:
.RUN SYS BUILD
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
RK8E: *SYS RKA0 RKB0
RK05: *RKA0 *RKB0 *RKA1 *RKB1 RKA2 RKB2 RKA3 RKB3
RX02: *RXA0 *RXA1
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
RL0 : *RL0A *RL0B
DSK=RK8E:SYS
$UN RK05
$UN RK8E
$UN RX02
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
RL0 : *RL0A *RL0B
DSK=RK8E:SYS
$LO SDB0:RXSY2.BH
$LO SDB0:RXNS.BH
$IN RX8E:SYS,RXA0,RXB0
RXA0 NOT FOUND
$IN RX02:RXA0,RXA1
$DSK=RXA1:
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
RL0 : *RL0A *RL0B
RX8E: *SYS
RX02: *RXA0 *RXA1
DSK=RX02:RXA1
$
Thank you in advance,
Mike