Getting DOS on the Air

This manual, titled 'Getting DOS on the Air' and dated August 1971, provides technical instructions for building and initializing the PDP-11 Disk Operating System (DOS). It details how to load the System Loader (SYSLOD) and the DOS Monitor (MONLIB) from various media including paper tape and DECtape, as well as procedures for building system programs on different disk drives such as the RK11, RF11, and RC11. Additionally, the document includes programming notes and cautions for system utilities like the PAL-11R Assembler, EDIT-11, ODT-11R, PIP, LINK-11, and the Monitor DECtape Setup and Update Program (MODS). The final chapter covers errata and updates for existing system software manuals.