[rescue] Viper 150 reading QIC24?

[Kevin Loch]

Is it 4.1.1 sparc or sun3/3x?

What machine are you trying to boot on?

KL

Steve Sandau wrote:

> What type of box are you booting? I ask because I have a Sun 3/80 at
> work, with bootable 4.0.3 tapes, *and* all the manuals for installing
> the OS. Might be useful if the hardware is similar. And, yes, I have
> actually installed the OS from tape a few times. :)
>
> Stephen Worotynec wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > A low cost set of QIC24 cartridge tapes with SunOS 4.1.1 came my way, in
> > the original Sun box. I thought I would try and install this bit of
> > history, and acquired a 411 case with what identifies as a Viper 150
> > drive.
> >
> > When I try to boot from the tape at the ok prompt, I get the error
> > message:
> >
> > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
> >
> > I'm not sure the drive have survived the years, and I'm further
> > not sure this particular drive can read QIC24.
> >
> > After googling for some while, I'm still not sure what's wrong, and wonder
> > if some of the tape media cognoscenti might have some ideas?
> >
> > Thanks very much!
> >
> > Stephen Worotynec
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