Re: xenix install problems

>trying to install xenix 3.0 on my 2/10 lisa

I am no *nix expert, and am guessing at various things, but this is what I have been doing:

• insert boot floppy
• turn on Lisa
• "startup from" Apple-2 (floppy)
• "boot" prompt appears
• just press <return>
• display shows fd(2,0)xenix for a while, then screen goes black, then white again, then various loading messages including "no single-user login", "entering maintenance mode", eventually ending up at the prompt (#).
• type hdinit <return>
• it asks if you really want to wipe out your hard disk
• type y <return>
• it asks if disk is 5 or 10
• type 10 <return> (or 5 <return>)
• wait while drive is initialized
• eventually says something like ##normal shutdown##
• turn off and on, or press reset
• at the "Startup from" menu, type Apple-3 (Apple-1 does not work for me).
• "boot" prompt appears
• type pf(0,0)xenix <return>
• display goes black, displays loading messages, yada yada yada, eventually asks if you want to put /usr on a second ProFile
• type n <return> (unless you will be using a second ProFile)
• asks if you want to load the rest of the OS from floppy, then the development system, etc.
• eventually you get to the # prompt where you can issue *nix commands, such as ls for a listing (like dir in DOS).
• the next time you start up from the HD, you don't get asked about /usr and installing the extra stuff.

Notes:

1. Xenix checks the I/O ROM version (A8 vs 88 for Lisa 2 vs XL). It then uses this to decide whether pf0 is 5 MB or 10 MB.

Although hdinit asks if your drive is 5MB or 10MB, which implies it will accept either, I have found that other parts of xenix assume the size of the drive will correspond with the I/O ROM version.

Therefore, I believe that xenix will not work properly if you indicate a size other than 5 on a Lisa 2/5 and 10 on a Lisa 2/10.

2) Using Lisa Xenix on an X/ProFile requires patching the boot disk, instructions here:

  <http://sigmasevensystems.com/xpf_xenix.html>

3) If you have the Tecmar 4-port serial card, it can be used with Xenix for terminals. I hope to write this up for the lisafaq sometime.

4) Additional ProFiles can be connected (beyond the install offering of /usr on a separate one). I hope to write this up for the lisafaq sometime.

HTH, James

James MacPhail                   "Think not of engineering as art,
uo957_at_email.domain.hidden                 but of art as engineering"
Sigma Seven Systems Ltd.
james_at_email.domain.hidden        <http://SigmaSevenSystems.com>

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