Setting Up Unix - Seventh Edition
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This is pretty much verbatim from the tape, although its formatting may need some love.
See Installing Unix Seventh Edition for an explanation of what's actually happening.
Setting Up Unix - Seventh Edition
Charles B. Haley
Dennis M. Ritchie
Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
The distribution tape can be used only on a DEC
PDP11/45 or PDP11/70 with RP03, RP04, RP05, RP06 disks and
with a TU10, TU16, or TE16 tape drive. It consists of some
preliminary bootstrapping programs followed by two file sys-
tem images; if needed, after the initial construction of the
file systems individual files can be extracted. (See res-
tor(1))
If you are set up to do it, it might be a good idea
immediately to make a copy of the tape to guard against
disaster. The tape is 9-track 800 BPI and contains some
512-byte records followed by many 10240-byte records. There
are interspersed tapemarks.
The system as distributed contains binary images of the
system and all the user level programs, along with source
and manual sections for them about 2100 files altogether.
The binary images, along with other things needed to flesh
out the file system enough so UNIX will run, are to be put
on one file system called the `root file system'. The file
system size required is about 5000 blocks. The file second
system has all of the source and documentation. Altogether
it amounts to more than 18,000 512-byte blocks.
Making a Disk From Tape
Perform the following bootstrap procedure to obtain a
disk with a root file system on it.
1. Mount the magtape on drive 0 at load point.
2. Mount a formatted disk pack on drive 0.
3. Key in and execute at 100000
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TU10 TU16/TE16
012700 Use the DEC ROM or other
172526 means to load block 1
010040 (i.e. second block) at 800 BPI
012740 into location 0 and transfer
060003 to 0.
000777
The tape should move and the CPU loop. (The TU10 code
is not the DEC bulk ROM for tape; it reads block 0, not
block 1.)
4. If you used the above TU10 code, halt and restart the
CPU at 0, otherwise continue to the next step.
5. The console should type
Boot
:
Copy the magtape to disk by the following procedure.
The machine's printouts are shown in italic, explana-
tory comments are within ( ). Terminate each line you
type by carriage return or line-feed. There are two
classes of tape drives: the name `tm' is used for the
TU10, and `ht' is used for the TU16 or TE16. There are
also two classes of disks: `rp' is used for the RP03,
and `hp' is used for the RP04/5/6.
If you should make a mistake while typing, the charac-
ter '#' erases the last character typed up to the beginning
of the line, and the character '@' erases the entire line
typed. Some consoles cannot print lower case letters,
adjust the instructions accordingly.
(bring in the program mkfs)
:tm(0,3) (use `ht(0,3)' for the TU16/TE16)
file system size: 5000
file system: rp(0,0) (use `hp(0,0)' for RP04/5/6)
isize = XX
m/n = XX
(after a while)
exit called
Boot
:
This step makes an empty file system.
6. The next thing to do is to restore the data onto the
new empty file system. To do this you respond to the
`:' printed in the last step with
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(bring in the program restor)
:tm(0,4) (`ht(0,4)' for TU16/TE16)
tape? tm(0,5) (use `ht(0,5)' for TU16/TE16)
disk? rp(0,0) (use `hp(0,0)' for RP04/5/6)
Last chance before scribbling on disk. (you type return)
(the tape moves, perhaps 5-10 minutes pass)
end of tape
Boot
:
You now have a UNIX root file system.
Booting UNIX
You probably have the bootstrap running, left over from
the last step above; if not, repeat the boot process (step
3) again. Then use one of the following:
:rp(0,0)rptmunix (for RP03 and TU10)
:rp(0,0)rphtunix (for RP03 and TU16/TE16)
:hp(0,0)hptmunix (for RP04/5/6 and TU10)
:hp(0,0)hphtunix (for RP04/5/6 and TU16/TE16)
The machine should type the following:
mem = xxx
#
The mem message gives the memory available to user programs
in bytes.
UNIX is now running, and the `UNIX Programmer's manual'
applies; references below of the form X(Y) mean the subsec-
tion named X in section Y of the manual. The `#' is the
prompt from the Shell, and indicates you are the super-user.
The user name of the super-user is `root' if you should find
yourself in multi-user mode and need to log in; the password
is also `root'.
To simplify your life later, rename the appropriate
version of the system as specified above plain `unix.' For
example, use mv (1) as follows if you have an RP04/5/6 and a
TU16 tape:
mv hphtunix unix
In the future, when you reboot, you can type just
hp(0,0)unix
to the `:' prompt. (Choose appropriately among `hp', `rp',
`ht', `tm' according to your configuration).
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You now need to make some special file entries in the
dev directory. These specify what sort of disk you are run-
ning on, what sort of tape drive you have, and where the
file systems are. For simplicity, this recipe creates fixed
device names. These names will be used below, and some of
them are built into various programs, so they are most con-
venient. However, the names do not always represent the
actual major and minor device in the manner suggested in
section 4 of the Programmer's Manual. For example, `rp3'
will be used for the name of the file system on which the
user file system is put, even though it might be on an RP06
and is not logical device 3. Also, this sequence will put
the user file system on the same disk drive as the root,
which is not the best place if you have more than one drive.
Thus the prescription below should be taken only as one
example of where to put things. See also the section on
`Disk layout' below.
In any event, change to the dev directory (cd(1)) and,
if you like, examine and perhaps change the makefile there
(make (1)).
cd /dev
cat makefile
Then, use one of
make rp03
make rp04
make rp05
make rp06
depending on which disk you have. Then, use one of
make tm
make ht
depending on which tape you have. The file `rp0' refers to
the root file system; `swap' to the swap-space file system;
`rp3' to the user file system. The devices `rrp0' and
`rrp3' are the `raw' versions of the disks. Also, `mt0' is
tape drive 0, at 800 BPI; `rmt0' is the raw tape, on which
large records can be read and written; `nrmt0' is raw tape
with the quirk that it does not rewind on close, which is a
subterfuge that permits multifile tapes to be handled.
The next thing to do is to extract the rest of the data
from the tape. Comments are enclosed in ( ); don't type
these. The number in the first command is the size of the
file system; it differs between RP03, RP04/5, and RP06.
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/etc/mkfs /dev/rp3 74000 (153406 if on RP04/5, 322278 on RP06)
(The above command takes about 2-3 minutes on an RP03)
dd if=/dev/nrmt0 of=/dev/null bs=20b files=6 (skip 6 files on the tape)
restor rf /dev/rmt0 /dev/rp3 (restore the file system)
(Reply with a `return' (CR) to the `Last chance' message)
(The restor takes about 20-30 minutes)
All of the data on the tape has been extracted.
You may at this point mount the source file system
(mount(1)). To do this type the following:
/etc/mount /dev/rp3 /usr
The source and manual pages are now available in subdirec-
tories of /usr.
The above mount command is only needed if you intend to
play around with source on a single user system, which you
are going to do next. The file system is mounted automati-
cally when multi-user mode is entered, by a command in the
file /etc/rc. (See `Disk Layout' below).
Before anything further is done the bootstrap block on
the disk (block 0) should be filled in. This is done using
the command
dd if=/usr/mdec/rpuboot of=/dev/rp0 count=1
if you have the RP03, or
dd if=/usr/mdec/hpuboot of=/dev/rp0 count=1
if you have an RP04/5/6. Now the DEC disk bootstraps are
usable. See Boot Procedures(8) for further information.
Before UNIX is turned up completely, a few configura-
tion dependent exercises must be performed. At this point,
it would be wise to read all of the manuals (especially
`Regenerating System Software') and to augment this reading
with hand to hand combat.
Reconfiguration
The UNIX system running is configured to run with the
given disk and tape, a console, and no other device. This
is certainly not the correct configuration. You will have
to correct the configuration table to reflect the true state
of your machine.
It is wise at this point to know how to recompile the
system. Print (cat(1)) the file /usr/sys/conf/makefile.
This file is input to the program `make(1)' which if invoked
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with `make all' will recompile all of the system source and
install it in the correct libraries.
The program mkconf(1) prepares files that describe a
given configuration (See mkconf(1)). In the /usr/sys/conf
directory, the four files _ x_ yconf were input to mkconf to
produce the four versions of the system _ x_ yunix. Pick the
appropriate one, and edit it to add lines describing your
own configuration. (Remember the console typewriter is
automatically included; don't count it in the kl specifica-
tion.) Then run mkconf; it will generate the files l.s (trap
vectors) c.c (configuration table), and mch0.s. Take a
careful look at l.s to make sure that all the devices that
you have are assembled in the correct interrupt vectors. If
your configuration is non-standard, you will have to modify
l.s to fit your configuration.
There are certain magic numbers and configuration
parameters imbedded in various device drivers that you may
want to change. The device addresses of each device are
defined in each driver. In case you have any non-standard
device addresses, just change the address and recompile.
(The device drivers are in the directory /usr/sys/dev.)
The DC11 driver is set to run 4 lines. This can be
changed in dc.c.
The DH11 driver is set to handle 3 DH11's with a full
complement of 48 lines. If you have less, or more, you may
want to edit dh.c.
The DN11 driver will handle 4 DN's. Edit dn.c.
The DU11 driver can only handle a single DU. This can-
not be easily changed.
The KL/DL driver is set up to run a single DL11-A, -B,
or -C (the console) and no DL11-E's. To change this, edit
kl.c to have NKL11 reflect the total number of DL11-ABC's
and NDL11 to reflect the number of DL11-E's. So far as the
driver is concerned, the difference between the devices is
their address.
All of the disk and tape drivers (rf.c, rk.c, rp.c,
tm.c, tc.c, hp.c, ht.c) are set up to run 8 drives and
should not need to be changed. The big disk drivers (rp.c
and hp.c) have partition tables in them which you may want
to experiment with.
After all the corrections have been made, use `make(1)'
to recompile the system (or recompile individually if you
wish: use the makefile as a guide). If you compiled indivi-
dually, say `make unix' in the directory /usr/sys/conf. The
final object file (unix) should be moved to the root, and
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then booted to try it out. It is best to name it /nunix so
as not to destroy the working system until you're sure it
does work. See Boot Procedures(8) for a discussion of boot-
ing. Note: before taking the system down, always (!!) per-
form a sync(1) to force delayed output to the disk.
Special Files
Next you must put in special files for the new devices
in the directory /dev using mknod(1). Print the configura-
tion file c.c created above. This is the major device
switch of each device class (block and character). There is
one line for each device configured in your system and a
null line for place holding for those devices not config-
ured. The essential block special files were installed
above; for any new devices, the major device number is
selected by counting the line number (from zero) of the
device's entry in the block configuration table. Thus the
first entry in the table bdevsw would be major device zero.
This number is also printed in the table along the right
margin.
The minor device is the drive number, unit number or
partition as described under each device in section 4 of the
manual. For tapes where the unit is dial selectable, a spe-
cial file may be made for each possible selection. You can
also add entries for other disk drives.
In reality, device names are arbitrary. It is usually
convenient to have a system for deriving names, but it
doesn't have to be the one presented above.
Some further notes on minor device numbers. The hp
driver uses the 0100 bit of the minor device number to indi-
cate whether or not to interleave a file system across more
than one physical device. See hp(4) for more detail. The tm
and ht drivers use the 0200 bit to indicate whether or not
to rewind the tape when it is closed. The 0100 bit indicates
the density of the tape on TU16 drives. By convention, tape
special files with the 0200 bit on have an `n' prepended to
their name, as in /dev/nmt0 or /dev/nrmt1. Again, see tm(4)
or ht(4).
The naming of character devices is similar to block
devices. Here the names are even more arbitrary except that
devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to
avoid confusion, no other reason) be named /dev/ttyX, where
X is some string (as in `00' or `library'). The files con-
sole, mem, kmem, and null are already correctly configured.
The disk and magtape drivers provide a `raw' interface
to the device which provides direct transmission between the
user's core and the device and allows reading or writing
large records. The raw device counts as a character device,
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and should have the name of the corresponding standard block
special file with `r' prepended. (The `n' for no rewind
tapes violates this rule.) Thus the raw magtape files would
be called /dev/rmtX. These special files should be made.
When all the special files have been created, care
should be taken to change the access modes (chmod(1)) on
these files to appropriate values (probably 600 or 644).
Floating Point
UNIX only supports (and really expects to have) the
FP11-B/C floating point unit. For machines without this
hardware, there is a user subroutine available that will
catch illegal instruction traps and interpret floating point
operations. (See fptrap(3).) To install this subroutine in
the library, change to /usr/src/libfpsim and execute the
shell files
compall
mklib
The system as delivered does not have this code included in
any command, although the operating system adapts automati-
cally to the presence or absence of the FP11.
Next, a floating-point version of the C compiler in
/usr/src/cmd/c should be compiled using the commands:
cd /usr/src/cmd/c
make fc1
mv fc1 /lib/fc1
This allows programs with floating point constants to be
compiled. To compile floating point programs use the `-f'
flag to cc(1). This flag ensures that the floating point
interpreter is loaded with the program and that the floating
point version of `cc' is used.
_ T_ i_ m_ e _ C_ o_ n_ v_ e_ r_ s_ i_ o_ n
If your machine is not in the Eastern time zone, you
must edit (ed(1)) the file /usr/sys/h/param.h to reflect
your local time. The manifest `TIMEZONE' should be changed
to reflect the time d ifference between local time and GMT in
minutes. For EST, this is 5*60; for PST it would be 8*60.
Finally, there is a `DSTFLAG' manifest; when it is 1 it
causes the time to shift to Daylight Savings automatically
between the last Sundays in April and October (or other
algorithms in 1974 and 1975). Normally this will not have
to be reset. When the needed changes are done, recompile
and load the system using make(1) and install it. (As a
general rule, when a system header file is changed, the
entire system should be recompiled. As it happens, the only
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uses of these flags are in /usr/sys/sys/sys4.c, so if this
is all that was changed it alone needs to be recompiled.)
You may also want to look at timezone(3)
(/usr/src/libc/gen/timezone.c) to see if the name of your
timezone is in its internal table. If needed, edit the
changes in. After timezone.c has been edited i t should be
compiled and installed in its library. (See
/usr/src/libc/(mklib and compall)) Then you should (at your
leisure) recompile and reinstall all programs that use it
(such as date(1)).
_ D_ i_ s_ k _ L_ a_ y_ o_ u_ t
If there are to be more file systems mounted than just
the root and /usr, use mkfs(1) to create any new file system
and put its mounting in the file /etc/rc (see init(8) and
mount(1)). (You might look at /etc/rc anyway to see what
has been provided fo r you.)
There are two considerations in deciding how to adjust
the arrangement of things on your disks: the most important
is making sure there is adequate space for what is required;
secondarily, throughput should be maximized. Swap space is
a critical parameter. The system as distributed has 8778
(hpunix) or 2000 (rpunix) blocks for swap space. This
should be large enough so running out of swap space never
occurs. You may want to change these if local wisdom indi-
cates otherwise .
The system as distributed has all of the binaries in
/bin. Most of them should be moved to /usr/bin, leaving
only the ones required for system maintenance (such as
icheck, dcheck, cc, ed, restor, etc.) and the most heavily
used in /bin. This will speed things up a bit if you have
only one disk, and also free up space on the root file sys-
tem for temporary files. (See below).
Many common system programs (C, the editor, the assem-
bler etc.) create intermediate files in th e /tmp directory,
so the file system where this is stored also should be made
large enough to accommodate most high-water marks. If you
leave the root file system as distributed (except as dis-
cussed above) there should be no problem. All the programs
that create files in /tmp take care to delete them, but most
are not immune to events like being hung up upon, and can
leave dregs. The directory should be examined every so
often and the old files deleted.
Exhaustion of user-file spac e is certain to occur now
and then; the only mechanisms for controlling this
phenomenon are occasional use of du(1), df(1), quot(1),
threatening messages of the day, and personal letters.
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The efficiency with which UNIX is able to use the CPU
is largely dictated by the configuration of disk controll-
ers. For general time-sharing applications, the best stra-
tegy is to try to split user file s, the root directory
(including the /tmp directory) and the swap area among three
controllers.
Once you have decided how to make best use of your
hardware, the question is how to initialize it. If you have
the equipment, the best way to move a file system is to dump
it (dump(1)) to magtape, use mkfs(1) to create the new file
system, and restore (restor(1)) the tape. If for some rea-
son you don't want to use magtape, dump accepts an argument
telling where to put the dump; you might use ano ther disk.
Sometimes a file system has to be increased in logical size
without copying. The super-block of the device has a word
giving the highest address which can be allocated. For
relatively small increases, this word can be patched using
the debugger (adb(1)) and the free list reconstructed using
icheck(1). The size should not be increased very greatly by
this technique, however, since although the allocatable
space will increase the maximum number of files will not
(that is, the i-list size can't be changed). Read and
understand the description given in file system(5) before
playing around in this way. You may want to see section
rp(4) for some suggestions on how to lay out the information
on RP disks.
If you have to merge a file system into another, exist-
ing one, the best bet is to use tar(1). If you must shrink
a file system, the best bet is to dump the original and res-
tor it onto the new filesystem. However, this might not
work if the i-list on the smaller filesystem is smaller than
the maximum allocated inode on the larger. If this is the
case, reconstruct the filesystem from scratch on another
filesystem (perhaps using tar(1)) and then dump it. If you
are playing with the root file system and only have one
drive the procedure is more complicated. What you do is the
following:
1. GET A SECOND PACK!!!!
2. Dump the current root filesystem (or the reconstructed
one) using dump(1).
3. Bring the system down and mount the new pack.
4. Retrieve the WECo distribution tape and perform steps 1
through 5 at the beginning of this document, substitut-
ing the desired file system size instead of 5000 when
asked for `file system size'.
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5. Perform step 6 above up to the point where the `tape'
question is asked. At this point mount the tape you
made just a few minutes ago. Continue with step 6 above
substitu ting a 0 (zero) for the 5.
_ N_ e_ w _ U_ s_ e_ r_ s
Install new users by editing the password file
/etc/passwd (passwd(5)). This procedure should be done once
multi-user mode is entered (see init(8)). You'll have to
make a current directory for each new user and change its
owner to the newly installed name. Login as each user to
make sure the password file is correctly edited. For exam-
ple:
ed /etc/passwd
$a
joe::10:1::/usr/joe:
.
w
q
mkdir /usr/joe
chown joe /usr/joe
login joe
ls -la
login root
This will make a new login entry for joe, who should be
encouraged to use passwd(1) to give himself a password. His
default current directory is /usr/joe which has been
created. The delivered password file has the user _ b_ i_ n in it
to be used as a prototype.
_ M_ u_ l_ t_ i_ p_ l_ e _ U_ s_ e_ r_ s
If UNIX is to support simultaneous access from more
than just the consol e terminal, the file /etc/ttys (ttys(5))
has to be edited. To add a new terminal be sure the device
is configured and the special file exists, then set the
first character of the appropriate line of /etc/ttys to 1
(or add a new line). Note that init.c will have to be
recompiled if there are to be more than 100 terminals. Also
note that if the special file is inaccessible when init
tries to create a process for it, the system will thrash
trying and retrying to open it.
_ F_ i_ l_ e _ S_ y_ s_ t_ e_ m _ H_ e_ a_ l_ t_ h
Periodically (say every day or so) and always after a
crash, you should check all the file systems for consistency
(icheck, dcheck(1)). It is quite important to execute sync
(8) before rebooting or taking the machine down. This is
done automatically every 30 seconds by the update program
(8) when a multiple-user system is running, but you should
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do it anyway to make sure.
Dumping of the file system should be done regularly,
since once the system is going it is very easy to become
complacent. Complete and incremental dumps are easily done
with dump(1). Dumping of files by name is best done by
tar(1) but the number of files is somewhat limited. Finally
if there are enough drives entire disks can be copied using
cp(1), or preferably with dd(1) using the raw special files
and an appropriate block size.
_ C_ o_ n_ v_ e_ r_ t_ i_ n_ g _ S_ i_ x_ t_ h _ E_ d_ i_ t_ i_ o_ n _ F_ i_ l_ e_ s_ y_ s_ t_ e_ m_ s
The best way to convert file systems from 6th edition
(V6) to 7th edition (V7) format is to use tar(1). However, a
special version of tar must be prepared to run on V6. The
following steps will do this:
1. change directories to /usr/src/cmd/tar
2. At the shell prompt respond
make v6tar
This will leave an executable binary named `v6tar'.
3. Mount a scratch tape.
4. Use tp(1) to put `v6tar' on the scratch tape.
5. Bring down V7 and bring up V6.
6. Use tp (on V6) to read in `v6tar'. Put it in /bin or
/usr/bin (or perhaps some other preferred location).
7. Use v6tar to make tapes of all that you wish to con-
vert. You may want to read the manual section on
tar(1) to see whether you want to use blocking or not.
Try to avoid using full pathnames when making the
tapes. This will simplify moving the hierarchy to some
other place on V7 if desired. For example
chdir /usr/ken
v6tar c .
is preferable to
v6tar c /usr/ken
8. After all of the desired tapes are made, bring down V6
and reboot V7. Use tar(1) to read in the tapes just
made.
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_ O_ d_ d_ s _ a_ n_ d _ E_ n_ d_ s
The programs dump, icheck, quot, dcheck, ncheck, and df
(source in /usr/source/cmd) should be changed to reflect
your default mounted file system devices. Print the first
few lines of these programs and the changes will be obvious.
Tar should be changed to reflect your desired default tape
drive.
Good Luck
Charles B. Haley
Dennis M. Ritchie
September 22, 1988
