Bela Lubkin wrote:
> Doc Shipley wrote:
>
>
>>>> No, I'm talking about SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2.0
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't mind having a copy of Xenix/386, but that's not the OS
>>>>for which I have a license.
>>>
>>>I have SCO Unix (type ku386) 3.2.4s. 5.25" or 3.5" .Comes with M1,N1,N2,
>>>not N1-N3. Let me know if you can use that and what size and will try to
>>>send them to you. Hopefully they will still be good.
>>
>> I appreciate the offer, but I'm pretty sure they won't work with my Bx
>>and Xx disks, and I'm almost positive that my license keys won't work
>>with 3.2.4. If they will work, I'd be very glad to have them.
>>
>> If you have the means to make dd images of the 5.25" disks and can email
>>them to me, my address is doc -at- mdrconsult -dot- com. Worst case, I'll
>>spend a half-hour finding out they won't work.
>>
>> Maybe somebody more familiar with the licensing can answer whether a
>>key for 3.2.0 will apply to version 3.2.4.
>
>
> I'm not too sure about the licensing, but I can guarantee you that you
> will not be able to install from a combination of 3.2v4 M1/N1/N2 + 3.2.0
> rest-of-set. Among other things, M1 contains an index of where to find
> all the files (which disk for which file). Between those two releases,
> files not only moved around, but 3.2v4 has many additions. The install
> would fail pretty much the instant you fed it any 3.2.0 disk.
>
> The install was so media-specific, you need to state whether your 3.2.0
> set is "GT" or "MC" and whether it's 3.5" or 5.25" images.
>
> Also, I'm not 100% sure, but pretty sure that the _license_ is also
> media-specific. So you can't even get out of it by requesting anyone's
> 3.2.0 image set: it _must_ be the right choice of that 2x2 matrix.
>
>
>>Bela<
And wrt to all this, all the links for downloading images listed at
http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec1.html#downloadboot seem to be gone..
anyone know if they still exist somewhere else?
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