[HECnet] installing LPs on RSX

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2015-04-27 22:01, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 04/27/2015 03:48 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>     So I'm back to hacking on RSX-11M-Plus again, this time in a more
>>> leisurely fashion, and under simh on a laptop since I'm still stuck in
>>> bed with the "Primus Plague" that I caught while at VCF.
>>>
>>>     I'm trying to install C and F77 from .tpc files in the trailing-edge
>>> archive, and I'm failing miserably.  I've attached them to tq0 and have
>>> tried every possible combination of FORMAT=TPC/FORMAT=SIMH, use of
>>> mtcvt23, etc and cannot get past "tape label error on MU0:" from
>>> autoins.cmd.
>>>
>>>     Doing this under RSTS/E is a breeze, and I expected it to be even
>>> easier under RSX.
>>>
>>>     I assume I'm not the first person to hit this problem.  Before I dig
>>> deeper and spend a lot of time, does anyone know what's going on?
>>
>> I don't know what you are doing, but it sounds strange.
>
>    I agree! :)
>
>> If you have figured out how to attach tpc format tape files for use
>> under RSTS/E, then you are good. The same procedure is used for RSX.
>> This is on the simh side of things...
>
>    Yeah, it's no problem under RSTS/E.
>
>> When we're talking about usage inside RSX, you need to mount the tape
>> /FOREIGN. I hope you did that, otherwise I don't know what the results
>> (error) will be, but maybe this is your problem?
>
>    Nope, I did that.
>
>    I saw a warning in the beginning ("BRU -- *WARNING* -- Tape label
> error on MU0: I/O error code -10"), and then toward the end:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Reading CCCCCC.CFG.
>
> Transferring kit files to work area.
>
> BRU -- *WARNING* -- Tape label error on MU0:
> I/O error code -10
>
> BRU - Starting Tape 1 on MU0:
>
> BRU - End of Tape 1 on MU0:
>
> BRU - Completed
>
> FATAL -- error copying backup sets; procedure aborting.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>    ...so it definitely sees files on the tape, but bombs occasionally.
> Have you seen this behavior before?

I have not seen such errors. Maybe a corrupted tape?
What does BRU/REW/DIR <tape> show?

	Johnny