[Simh] VMS 4.x crashing on every other boot

[Wilm Boerhout]

on 11-3-2008 11:27 Andrew Warkentin wrote...
> I have tried to run VMS 4.4 and VMS 4.6 under the VAX/11-780 simulator. 
> It boots properly every time without the mandatory update installed, but 
> it hangs after the system version have been printed on the console the 
> first time it is booted after the mandatory update has been installed.
>
> If it is rebooted, it boots properly, but it continues to alternate 
> between hanging and booting properly on successive boots. I am not sure
> if this is a SIMH bug, or if I have misconfigured VMS (but I just went 
> with the default install and did not change any configuration). It is 
> kind of weird that it starts hanging only after the mandatory update has 
> been installed.
>   
 >>> B/R5:30000 should give you a clue as to what startup phase is 
causing the problem. It's verbose!

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