[Simh] VAX/ELN is not hardware independent

Sat Oct 8 13:40:24 EDT 2005

As Mark Fischer points out, the disk image is VAX/ELN, not VAX/VMS.

VAX/ELN is not hardware independent.  The disk image has to 
correspond to the hardware platform in use.  SimH is a MicroVAX 
3900.  I don't know what system the VAX/ELN disk is generated for.

Further up the page there are links for VAX/ELN images that are 
generated for the MicroVAX 3900 and which might work, if you want to 
try VAX/ELN.

To get a VAX/VMS image, you must order a hobbyist CD from the VMS 
hobbyist site.

/Bob Supnik

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>You can use the MKDISK V1.5 from Charon-VAX to create your disk images or
>download pre-made disk images.
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>         Website:
>http://www.softresint.com/charon-vax/Tools_and_tips.htm
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>I have boot simh vax using a Charon-vax boot disk image so there should be
>no issue there (for Windows any Not sure about
>Running it under Linux)
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>The vaxsys disk image a different character then the normal boot disk for
>the Charon-VAX time limited demo -
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>         Includes a bootable VAX/ELN system disk image (Account: CHARON-VAX,
>no password.) with tools to test performance
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>From: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig at gmx.de>
>Subject: [Simh] vaxsys.vdiskfrom charon?
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>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
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>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 :-)
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