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From: jeuck@unix.SRI.COM (Philip Jeuck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: DEC3100 Software Subset Loading
Summary: How do I load a subset?
Keywords: DEC3100
Message-ID: <4771@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 19 Oct 89 17:46:48 GMT
Reply-To: jeuck@unix.UUCP (Philip Jeuck)
Distribution: usa
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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I have a brand new DEC3100 that I am trying to bring up.  I loaded the
software subsets that I thought I would need through the menu program
booted from tape.  Now I discover that I need another subset from
tape.  Being new to Ultrix/Unix I foolishly looked in the manuals for
some examples and of course could not find any because you need to
know the command first.  I finally found in the installation guide a
pointer to the magic I needed, setld.  The command

                 setld -i

shows that the system knows about the software subset I need and that
it is NOT installed as I expected so then I used

                 setld /dev/rmt0h -a SUBSETNAME

to try to load the software.  The system obviously searches the entire
tape and then reports that it can not find the subset.  But I know its
on the tape.  I tried again using all uppercase letters but still it
couldn't find it.

What am I doing wrong?  I would prefer not using the menu boot program
on tape to reload the entire system (I have loaded a bunch of other
stuff) but setld -a doesn't seem to work as advertised.  

Thanks for the help in advance.

Phil Jeuck
jeuck@unix.sri.com