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From: alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Those stupid setld formats!
Summary: Points of view.
Keywords: setld
Message-ID: <494@shodha.dec.com>
Date: 18 Nov 89 15:30:30 GMT
References: <1629@ultb.UUCP>
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO.
Lines: 62

In article <1629@ultb.UUCP>, awpsys@ultb.UUCP (Andrew W. Potter) writes:
> 
> Does ANYONE know how to simply extract files from those STUPID dec
> setld format files?   

	This reply assumes your installation media is tape.

	A setld tape consists of at least four tapes files
	having a 10KB block size.  For simplicity the first
	four of these files will be called SPACE.1, SPACE.2
	SPACE.3 and INSTCTRL.  For what you want the first
	three are rather boring so skip over them.

	The fourth file is a tar(1) archive of the control
	files for that tape.  The ###.image file contains
	the list of subsets on the tape and their checksums.
	This will let you figure out how many files to skip
	over to get the one you want ({ULT,UDT}BIN###).

	After the INSTCTRL file the subset files are tar(1)
	archives, usually compressed.  Once you have positioned
	to the right tape file, you can copy it off, uncompress
	it and extract the files you want.

	NOTE: The {UDT,ULT}.image file lists a file called ROOT
	at the beginning.  This is in the place I called SPACE.3
	earlier.  So, that tape will look like (assume VAX dist-
	ribution and V3.0):

		+---------------+
		| SPACE or BOOT	| (Primary boot file)
		+---------------+
		| SPACE or BOOT	| (Secondary boot file)
		+---------------+
		|      ROOT	|
		+---------------+
		|    INSTCTRL	|
		+---------------+
		|   ULTBASE030	|
		+---------------+
		|   ULTBIN030	|
		+---------------+
		~  and so on...	~
		+---------------+

> I need to get some kernal files, and I refuse
> to do the stupid DEC ultrix installation all over from scratch!

	If you dislike the installation procedure, please send 
	your comments to the address listed on the "Reader's 
	Comments" page of the manual.  Over the years and many 
	versions, the engineering group has genuine interest in 
	making the installation as easy as possible.

	You're welcome.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew W. Potter                 Bitnet:   awpsys@ritvax.BITNET


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Alan Rollow				alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com