[Simh] Best way to 'P2V' a live VAX?

[Zane H. Healy]

At 11:37 AM +0000 1/25/08, Peter Moreton wrote:
>I see, so just
>
>1: Install VMS in SIMH with ethernet enabled
>
>2: Backup remote VAX files to local SIMH virtual disks
>
>3: Boot the copied virtual disks in SIMH
>
>I guess that will work. I was thinking of some method to copy the 
>source volumes block-for-block, but whatever works is good!

Do you happen to have a disk you can plug into the VAX that is larger 
than your biggest disk in use?  I've copied PDP-11 RL01 and RL02 
packs on a MicroVAX II or III by mounting them foreign and copying 
them to a disk image.  FTP to Linux, and boot under SIMH.  You should 
be able to do the copy over the network to a disk on another machine, 
but I've never attempted that.

Zane


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