Already have it my plans. First before I do the netgen I want to familiarize myself with RSX better.
On May 8, 2017 5:27 PM, "Johnny Billquist" <b...@softjar.se> wrote: On 2017-05-08 05:03, Ray Jewhurst wrote: > I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice my system is up and > running. Next up learning more and then doing a netgen. > Hey, excellent! May I suggest that after installing DECnet, you might want to install TCP/IP? ;-) Johnny > Thanks again > Ray > > On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Mark Pizzolato <m...@infocomm.com > <mailto:m...@infocomm.com>> wrote: > > Since simh autosizes MSCP disks, if you keep using the same original > disk ____ > > > Images you might have created initially, you may not be changing > anything ____ > > > if you keep on attaching the same disk image after you change the > disk type.____ > > __ __ > > > The output of sim> SHOW RQ will show how big the disks will appear > to the ____ > > operating system once you start things running.____ > > __ __ > > *From:*Simh [mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com > <mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com>] *On Behalf Of *Johnny > Billquist > *Sent:* Sunday, May 7, 2017 4:31 PM > *To:* Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhu...@gmail.com > <mailto:raywjewhu...@gmail.com>> > *Cc:* simh <simh@trailing-edge.com <mailto:simh@trailing-edge.com>> > *Subject:* Re: [Simh] Problems install RSX-11M+ v4.6____ > > __ __ > > > The 128k thing is physical memory, which is sonething else than size > of the disk. There is an option in simh in the config to explicitly > tell how large disk you want. Check the documentation. > > Use a disk of at least 1g, and we can move on to the next problem, > which is going to be the number of file headers on the disk, unless > you read that manual I gave the link to. > > Easy howto pages on the internet are nice, but sooner or later you > need to read the docs and understand what you are doing. > > Johnny > > ____ > > Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhu...@gmail.com > <mailto:raywjewhu...@gmail.com>> skrev: (8 maj 2017 01:08:19 CEST)____ > > > I tried running every size disk imaginable and I still get the > same error and it still states 128KW. The small disk I tried > was 159MB. BTW, that prebuilt system also had the same error and > 128KW again and it was a approx 10MB Massbus disk running on a > 11/45.Could this be a bug? I am following everything to a T. > Should I try a non-plus sysgen to see if I get the same error?____ > > Doing my best,____ > > Ray____ > > __ __ > > > On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se > <mailto:b...@softjar.se>> wrote:____ > > On 2017-05-07 23:01, Alan Frisbie wrote:____ > > On 05/07/2017 01:21 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:____ > > > > RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6 BL87 128.KW <http://128.KW> > <http://128.KW> System:"Baseline" > >RED DU:=SY: > >RED DU:=LB: > >RED DU:=SP: > >MOU DU0:"RSX11MPBL87" > >@[2,54]BASTART.CMD > 12:46:19 *** GEN Checkpoint space allocation > failure > 12:46:19 *** GEN Checkpoint space allocation > failure > 12:46:19 *** GEN Checkpoint space allocation > failure > 12:46:19 *** GEN Checkpoint space allocation > failure > 12:46:19 *** GEN Checkpoint space allocation > failure > 12:46:19 *** GEN Checkpoint space allocation > failure____ > > > > > This means that the disk you are running from (DU0:) > does not > have enough free space for RSX to allocate a checkpoint > file.____ > > > > Ah! Yes, of course. Thanks for that, Alan. Didn't even think > about the possibility that the disk would be that small, > since he was using MSCP. > > Ray, start over, and create disk image files that are > larger.____ > > > Start over and tell SIMH to make DU0: (rq0) larger. I > would > suggest at least 32 MB if you plan to do anything useful > with > the system. Don't go above 500 MB, however, as the > ODS-1 disk > structures can't handle anything that large.____ > > > > No, ODS-1 handles larger disks fine. The limit is 8G. If you > go above that, there is no harm, but the disk will just be > truncated to 8G anyway, so no point in going larger. > I would suggest something around 2G or so, and you're set > for life. > (Personally I run with four 8G drives, but then again, I'm > not exactly normal when it comes to RSX...) > > Johnny > > -- > Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus > || on a psychedelic trip > email: b...@softjar.se <mailto:b...@softjar.se> > > || Reading murder books > pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - > B. Idol____ > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com <mailto:Simh@trailing-edge.com> > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > <http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh>____ > > __ __ > > > -- > Skickat från min Android-enhet med K-9 Mail. Ursäkta min > fåordighet.____ > > > -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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