[Simh] Problem booting new install

[Jeremy Begg]

Hi Milton,

>I have just downloaded and installed SIMH on a WXP server.  I used Nero to
>make an ISO disk image of AlphaVMS7.2-2.  I then used the following vax.ini
>file:
...
>OK, so far, so good. However, when I issue boot dua3, I get:
>
>>>>b dua3
>(BOOT/R5:0 DUA3
>
>
>
>  2..
>-DUA3
>?47 FILNOTCNTG, DUA
>HALT instruction, PC: 00000C1A (MOVL (R11),SP)
>sim>
>
>I have checked the ISO image and it is contiguous, as are the .dsk files
>which are, however, 0 bytes long.  So, what have I done wrong here?

Ummm ... why are the .DSK files 0 bytes long?

When I put SIMH on my Mac I used the OpenVMS LD utility on my AlphaStation
to prepare all the disk images, including a CD-ROM image.  Then I copied the
image files to my Mac and set them up much as you described.  It worked.

Regards,

        Jeremy Begg

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