Hi, I am trying to set up SIMH on a new Linux server, an Intel NUC8i3BEH with 16GB RAM and 250GB SSD running Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS.
I've built the VAXstation 4000 Model 60 simulator on this system and I didn't notice any errors while building. (The build itself was very quick.) VAXstation 4000-60 (KA46) simulator V4.0-0 Current git commit id: 5e8f4803 I've prepared two ODS-2 VMS disk images and attached them to RZ2 and RZ3, respectively. When I run BOOT CPU it loads the VAXstation boot ROM from the internal copy and starts the system self-tests, which take quite a few minutes to run -- just like the real hardware :-( The self test results in several errors. Here's the transcript: Loading boot code from internal ka46a.bin KA46-A V1.4-38E-V4.2 08-00-2B-02-10-2C 104MB ?? 001 3 DZ 0032 ?? 001 4 CACHE 0768 ?? 001 7 IT 1152 ?? 001 8 SYS 0128 ?? 001 9 NI 0024 >>> show dev VMS/VMB ADDR DEVTYPE NUMBYTES RM/FX WP DEVNAM REV ------- ---- ------- -------- ----- -- ------ --- ESA0 08-00-2B-02-10-2C DKA200 A/2/0 DISK 2.15GB FX RZ23 0A18 DKA300 A/3/0 DISK 20.13MB FX RZ23 0A18 ..HostID.. A/6 INITR >>> Why so many self-test errors? I assume the "NUMBYTES" value for DKA300 is an artifact of the SHOW DEV command not coping with such a large disk. Is there anything I can do to speed up the self-test (i.e. a way to curtail it)? VMS itself seems to boot OK. Here's my SIMH initialisation script: ; set memory size to 104MB set cpu 104m set cpu idle=vms set cpu instructions=packed,extended,noemulated ; set cpu autoboot set cpu conhalt ; ; change the 'escape' character from ^E to ^P set console wru=10 ; ; Create and attach two SCSI disks attach rz2 eric_SYSTEM.dsk ; set rz3 rzuser=8427936 attach rz3 eric_USER.dsk ; ; Disable remaining disk devices set rz0 disable set rz1 disable set rz4 disable set rz5 disable set rz7 disable ; boot cpu I'm yet to attach the ethernet interface, which won't use tun/tap. Thanks, Jeremy Begg +---------------------------------------------------------+ | VSM Software Services Pty. Ltd. | | http://www.vsm.com.au/ | |---------------------------------------------------------| | P.O.Box 402, Walkerville, | E-Mail: jer...@vsm.com.au | | South Australia 5081 | Phone: +61 8 8221 5188 | |---------------------------| Mobile: 0414 422 947 | | A.C.N. 068 409 156 | FAX: +61 8 8221 7199 | +---------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh