[Simh] vaxsys.vdiskfrom charon?

[Holger Schurig]

Is it possible to use the vaxsys.vdisk from Charon? At the end of the page

http://www.softresint.com/charon-vax/Tools_and_tips.htm

is a link to this file. I can unrar it then I have a file like this:

-rw-r--r--  1 schurig schurig 426258432 Nov 22  2004 vaxsys.vdisk

Now, how would I boot this file?  I tried (excerpt from my vax.ini)

set -L rq0 rauser=832536
attach rq0 vaxsys.vdisk

But even after 10 minutes I still only see

$ ./vax

VAX simulator V3.5-0
NVR: buffering file in memory


KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7
Performing normal system tests.
40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..
24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..
08..07..06..05..04..03..
Tests completed.
>>>b dua0
(BOOT/R5:0 DUA0



  2..
-DUA0
  1..0..

and then nothing.

The file looks like some disk image, e.g "hexdump -C vaxsys.vdisk" yields

00000000  01 11 0c 01 06 00 81 8a  00 00 00 00 11 22 00 11  |............."..|
00000010  1f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  18 00 02 e5 00 01 00 00  |................|
00000020  57 00 00 00 00 02 00 00  00 00 00 00 57 02 00 00  |W...........W...|
00000030  9f af cd c0 af ee 6e bb  8f 31 01 d0 af e2 54 b0  |......n..1....T.|
00000040  af c2 58 b0 af c0 af bc  b0 58 af ba d0 af b5 58  |..X......X.....X|
00000050  d0 af d1 55 dd ae 10 16  66 e8 50 01 00 c0 8f 00  |...U....f.P.....|
00000060  02 00 00 55 c0 8f 00 02  00 00 6e d6 af 96 d0 af  |...U......n.....|
00000070  93 58 f5 54 e2 d5 8e ba  8f 31 01 ca 8f 00 00 fc  |.X.T.....1......|
00000080  ff 52 c0 af a3 6e 17 9e  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.R...n..........|
00000090  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
000001e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |................|
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  74 83 2c 33 b2 43 c2 39  |........t.,3.C.9|
00000200  01 00 00 00 0a 04 00 00  01 62 06 00 01 02 03 00  |.........b......|
00000210  02 00 09 00 0a 00 0d 00  54 5a 06 00 83 96 01 00  |........TZ......|
00000220  1a 00 09 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 04 00 01 00  |................|
00000230  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fa  00 fe 3e 51 40 05 62 ef  |..........>Q at .b.|
00000240  49 8f a3 00 07 03 05 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |I...............|
00000250  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000290  00 00 60 70 3f 4e 46 8f  a3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..`p?NF.........|
000002a0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
000003c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 20 20 20 20  |............    |
000003d0  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  45 4c 41 4e 20 20 20 20  |        ELAN    |
000003e0  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
000003f0  44 45 43 46 49 4c 45 31  31 42 20 20 00 00 8a 80  |DECFILE11B  ....|
00000400  02 00 00 00 0a 04 00 00  01 62 06 00 01 02 03 00  |.........b......|
00000410  03 00 09 00 0a 00 0d 00  54 5a 06 00 83 96 01 00  |........TZ......|
00000420  1a 00 09 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 04 00 01 00  |................|
00000430  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fa  00 fe 40 51 40 05 62 ef  |.......... at Q@.b.|
00000440  49 8f a3 00 07 03 05 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |I...............|
00000450  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

I can clearly see filenames here :-)