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

[Paul Koning]

That sounds like the RSX installation manual.  RSTS doesn't have anything called BRU, never did.

	paul

> On Jul 8, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Wilm Boerhout <wboerhout at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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