On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Jarratt RMA <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > If you are working from the same media I have, then I think the 4.6 media > are an upgrade only and you will need to install an earlier version first. I > think I installed 4.0 first. > > Regards > > Rob > > On 27 December 2010 12:30, Peter Allan <petermal...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> I have managed to get hold of some versions of VMS, mostly VMS 4.X and I >> am trying to install VMS4.6 on an emulated 780 using simh. >> >> The sequence I have followed is: >> >> Boot using the VMS 7.3 CD >> >> Run BACKUP to copy the REQUIRED saveset from the VMS 4.6 emulated tape to >> an RA81 disk with the command >> BACKUP/VERIFY MTA0:REQUIRED/SAVE DUA0: >> >> However, when I boot from the RA81, expecting the installation sequence to >> continue, I get >> >> VAX/VMS Version KG 15-Jun-1987 10:00 >> >> >> **** FATAL BUG CHECK, VERSION = KG INVEXCEPTN, Exception while above >> ASTDEL or on interrupt stack >> >> CURRENT PROCESS = SWAPPER >> >> REGISTER DUMP >> >> R0 = 00000008 >> R1 = 04080000 >> R2 = 00000000 >> R3 = 00000000 >> R4 = 80002748 >> R5 = 00000000 >> R6 = 00000000 >> R7 = 00000000 >> R8 = 00000000 >> R9 = 00000000 >> R10= 00000000 >> R11= 00000000 >> AP = 00000000 >> FP = 00000000 >> SP = 801F91D0 >> PC = 80004862 >> PSL= 04080009 >> >> KERNEL/INTERRUPT STACK >> >> 801F91D8 00000004 >> 801F91DC 00000000 >> 801F91E0 FFFFFFFD >> 801F91E4 00000000 >> 801F91E8 00000000 >> 801F91EC 00000001 >> 801F91F0 00000003 >> 801F91F4 00000454 >> 801F91F8 8000A71B >> 801F91FC 04080000 >> >> Reboot requested, PC: 80158B91 (HALT) >> >> >> Has anyone any idea what is going wrong? >> >> I successfully installed VMS 7.3 from the CD on the 780. Experiments give >> a similar crash when running VMS 7.3 if I have too little memory on the 780 >> (less than 32MB), but no fiddling with the amount of memory seems to help >> with VMS 4.6. >> >> I think someone out there has VMS 4.6 running, so I trust it is possible >> and I am doing something silly. >> >> Peter Allan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Simh mailing list >> Simh@trailing-edge.com >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >
Hello! I believe both 4.5 (If that version did exist, I can't remember.) and 4.6 are indeed upgrades, and that 4.0 is the logical way to start. And no I do not know when the firm started its hobbyist program. It has been a big bone of contention regarding when that happened, not why it did, and what release it was wrapped around. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
