[Simh] VAX NetBSD 4.0

[Bob Supnik]

I am unable to reproduce this problem with the binaries that are on the 
SimH web site. Here is the log of booting NetBSD 4.0 on SimH 3.8-0. The 
behavior is identical on 3.2-3, 3.6-0, 3.7-0, 3.7-3, and 3.8-0.

I do not know what the orecomp binaries are, how they are compiled, or 
what errors they may contain.

C:\Media\simbin>vax

VAX simulator V3.8-0
sim> set rq0 ra82
sim> set rq2 cdrom
sim> att rq0 foo.dsk
sim> att -e rq2 vaxcd-4.0.iso
sim> boot cpu
Loading boot code from ka655x.bin

←[c
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 dua2
(BOOT/R5:0 DUA2



2..
-DUA2
1..0..


 >> NetBSD/vax boot [1.11 Sun Dec 16 01:11:56 PST 2007] <<
 >> Press any key to abort autoboot 0
getdisklabel: no disk label
nfs_open: must mount first.
open netbsd.vax: No such file or directory
 > boot netbsd
getdisklabel: no disk label
nfs_open: must mount first.
2560300+73856=0x283438
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

NetBSD 4.0 (INSTALL) #0: Sun Dec 16 01:50:28 PST 2007
builds at wb25:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4-0-RELEASE/vax/200712160005Z-obj/hom
e/builds/ab/netbsd-4-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/INSTALL
MicroVAX 3800/3900
cpu: KA655, CVAX microcode rev 6 Firmware rev 83
total memory = 16328 KB
avail memory = 12892 KB
mainbus0 (root)
ibus0 at mainbus0
uba0 at ibus0: Q22
dz1 at uba0 csr 160100 vec 304 ipl 15
mtc0 at uba0 csr 174500 vec 774 ipl 15
mscpbus0 at mtc0: version 5 model 3
mscpbus0: DMA burst size set to 4
mt0 at mscpbus0 drive 0: TK50
mt1 at mscpbus0 drive 1: TK50
mt2 at mscpbus0 drive 2: TK50
mt3 at mscpbus0 drive 3: TK50
uda0 at uba0 csr 172150 vec 770 ipl 15
mscpbus1 at uda0: version 3 model 3
mscpbus1: DMA burst size set to 4
ra0 at mscpbus1 drive 0: RA82
ra1 at mscpbus1 drive 1: RD54
ra2 at mscpbus1 drive 2: RRD40
rx0 at mscpbus1 drive 3: RX50
qe0 at uba0 csr 174440 vec 764 ipl 15
qe0: delqa, hardware address 08:00:2b:aa:bb:cc
md0: internal 1536 KB image area
boot device: ra2
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
WARNING: clock lost 89 days
WARNING: using filesystem time
WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C

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Welcome to sysinst, the NetBSD-4.0 system installation tool. This
menu-driven tool is designed to help you install NetBSD to a hard disk, or
upgrade an existing NetBSD system, with a minimum of work.
In the following menus type the reference letter (a, b, c, ...) to select an
item, or type CTRL+N/CTRL+P to select the next/previous item.
The arrow keys and Page-up/Page-down may also work.
Activate the current selection from the menu by typing the enter key.

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Simulation stopped, PC: 800007A6 (TSTL 802807BC)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:37:48 -0700
> From: "Howard M. Harte" <hharte at hartetechnologies.com>
> Subject: [Simh] NetBSD 4.0 on SIMH/VAX
> To: "simh at trailing-edge.com" <simh at trailing-edge.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<3EB2DD8C-6A55-435B-96E3-AEAD27C1B62E at hartetechnologies.com>
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>
> Has anyone successfully installed NetBSD 4.0 on SIMH/VAX?
>
> I tried using the vaxcd.iso image for NetBSD 4.0 and 3.0, and both  
> halt right after attempting to boot.  I'm using the ore-compwindows  
> binaries for SIMH 3.8-0.  I tried the ones with and without Ethernet  
> support.
>
> Several years ago, I had NetBSD 2.0 or 1.6 running in SIMH.
>
> I also tried OpenBSD 4.3, which boots fine, but fails during  
> installation while untarring base43.tgz.
>
> I will try netbooting a real microvax with NetBSD once I get mopd  
> running on my Linux machine.  Last time I ran it was with RedHat 7.2,  
> and I'm not sure if it will run on Fedora Core 7 that I'm running now.
>
> -Howard
>
>