[HECnet] Re: Fortran-77 on RSTS/E V10.1

[Wilm Boerhout]

MIM to the rescue! -- or, sort of..

On the MIM manuals page, there is the Fortran-77 T5.4 installation 
manual. As it turns out, this update needs to be installed from tape 
using the auto-instal mechanism.

The first step in this procedure, according to the manual, is to restore 
the auto-installer script from the tape using BRU. But-  BRU is not 
present on my V10.1 system.
I thought BRU would be part of the "RSX Utilities" package, but it is not.

So, the question has changed to "Where is BRU when you need her?"

/*Wilm*


Wilm Boerhout schreef op 7-7-2020 om 13:48:
> In the meantime, I succesfully installed Fortran 77 V5.3 on RSTS 10.1
>
> The tape file has the same origin as the V5.4 tape, 
> ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/rsts_dists/
>
> As it turns out, the V5.4 tape file is neither an INSTAL nor an UPDATE 
> tape image. (@[0,1]UPDATE FRTRN77 fails with the same error message).
>
> /Wilm
>
> Wilm Boerhout schreef op 6-7-2020 om 16:09:
>> I'm trying to get the Fortran-77 compiler installed on PIRSTS:: , 
>> which is a working system on HECnet.
>>
>> I have a TPC-formatted tape image with the name fortran-77_v5_4.tap
>>
>> When I mount that tape, these are the contents:
>>
>> $ mount mu0: F77504 %Device is write protected Density is 135 Tape is 
>> in ANSI format $ dir mu0: Name .Typ Size Name .Typ Size Name .Typ 
>> Size MU0: AUT101.A * 244 P AUTVER.BCK* 1 P F77F77.BCK* 3 P 
>> F77REL.BCK* 7 P F77504.A * 407 P Total of 662 blocks in 5 files in MU0:
>>
>> Also, during the installation I copied all layered product patches to 
>> PATCH$, including what looks like patches for this version of 
>> Fortran-77:
>>
>> $ dir patch$:f*.*
>>
>> Name .Typ Size Prot Name .Typ Size Prot SY:[0,200] FALDBG.TSK 225C 
>> <232> FALOVL.TSK 213C <232> FALRLB.TSK 80C <232> FEDLIB.OLB 118 < 60> 
>> FEDTKB.CMD 1 < 60> FEDTKB.ODL 2 < 60> FMS .01L 0 < 60> FMS .COM 38 < 
>> 60> FMS .DOC 3 < 60> FORTRA.01L 0 < 60> F77 .DOC 6 < 60> F77504.DAT 3 
>> < 60> F77COM.OBJ 24 < 60> FRTRN7.01L 0 < 60> Total of 713 blocks in 
>> 14 files in SY:[0,200]
>>
>> However, when I try to instal Fortran-77 (@[0,1]INSTAL FRTRN77) at 
>> some point the installer ties to mount the tape and fails with:
>>
>> ?ID labels don't match
>>
>> Looking at the INSTAL.COM script, I believe it expects a label 
>> "FRTRN7", whereas the tape is labeled F77504.
>> This string also appears as a file name in the PATCH$ directory and 
>> as a file on the tape itself.
>>
>> Clearly, there is a mismatch between the installer and the tape image 
>> (but more likely, in my head)
>>
>> Did anybody successfully install Fortran-77 on RSTS V10.1L ? How, and 
>> using what tape image?
>>
>>
>> */Wilm*
>>
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