Tru64 Installation on FreeAXP

Bruce - thanks. I overlooked the fact that I would need a physical ISO - as opposed to a 'virtual' ISO.

John - thanks for the links etc

Regarding disks - how many disks should I create - 1, 2, 3? And what size? Approximately how much space does a basic install require?

Finally, do I need to install the Patch Kit 4 and Firmware Update 6.8? If so, in what sequence? Firmware Upgrade, O/S, Patch Kit?

Thanks
Paul

Sorry, really finally - do I need licenses for any of the software?

Thanks
Paul

Paul,

No you don't need a physical ISO/CD, FreeAXP supports 'virtual' CD/ISOs. They are just another image file, but read-only and handled as CDs rather than SCSI disks

A basic install of Tru64 can fit into as little as an RZ35, but a 2G/RZ28 is usualy sufficient.

There is no 'firmware' on a Emulator. Or, rather, there is, but you cant change it.
Tru64 will see FreeAXP as running fware release 7.0.

Patches fix problems.
So, the current 4.0E patchkit should normally be applied.

Tru64 UNIX will run normally without any licences, BUT, only root will be allowed to login without the OSF-BASE licence installed. If you can get an OSF-BASE, IIRC 4.0E comes with default OSF-USR licence of 4 users, so then you'd have root +4 users.
There are often licences on fleaBay.

John M

John

Thanks for that. I've installed the basic OS but haven't yet installed the Patch Kit 4. Are there any particular issues/'gotchas' to be aware of when installing patches?

If I wanted to install programming languages would I need licenses or does the basic single user/root license suffice?

I think I know the answer to this but presumably the Putty interface to the OS does not support graphics and so the CDE and other graphic programs cannot be used. I don't suppose there is an alternative to Putty which suppports graphics?

Thanks
Paull

I'm trying to install Patch Kit V.4.

I've mounted the CD-ROM called Tru64_UNIX-5.1B_-_Patch_Kit.iso. This has a folder structure as follows:

->patch kit then
->patch_tools
SYSCHECK133.KIT
Tru64_UNIX_V5.1B
dupatch

and one or two documents. I changed directory to patch_kit and ran ./dupatch. I get a message "Enter patch to the top of the patch distribution or enter "q" to quit". I've changed directory to each of the sub-directories and run dupatch and keep getting the message: "<directory name> does not contain any Tru64 UNIX setld format patch kit". None of the files in the sub-folders is a .tar file. They all seem to be of the form OSFPAT02500100540 etc. Nofile extension.

Help please! Where do I find the appropriately formatted patch kit?

Thanks
Paul<hr>

OK, I've got dupatch to load its menu, having pointed it at Tru64_UNIX_V5.1B. Unfortunately, it keeps looping around telling me that the instaallation can only be in Single-user mode.

My installation is already in Single-user mode.

????

Paul<hr>