[Simh] simh on MAC os (booting problem)

[jorge sanchez]

Hi,

I followed the howto on the http://simh.darwinports.com/ for
installing the simh port on my MAC OS (10.6.4).

Then I dumped the content of the installation DVD to the file (trying
to install the OpenVMS system):
dd if=/dev/disk2s0 of=vaxvmscd.iso bs=2k

And created the system file:
dd if=/dev/zero of=vaxvmsssys.iso bs=512 count=9600000

Made the ini file:
LOAD -r KA655x.BIN
ATTACH nvr nvram.bin
ATTACH RQ0 vaxvmsssys.iso
SET RQ0 RA90
ATTACH RQ1 vaxvmscd.iso
SET RQ1 RRD40
SET CPU IDLE=VMS
BOOT CPU

Then when I try to boot from the cdrom I got this error:

sh-3.2# simh-vax -v vaxvms.ini

VAX simulator V3.8-1
do> LOAD -r KA655x.BIN
do> ATTACH nvr nvram.bin
NVR: buffering file in memory
do> ATTACH RQ0 vaxvmsssys.iso
do> SET RQ0 RA90
Unit already attached
do> ATTACH RQ1 vaxvmscd.iso
do> SET RQ1 RRD40
Unit already attached
do> SET CPU IDLE=VMS
Invalid argument
do> BOOT CPU


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.
>>>boot dual1
(BOOT/R5:0 DUAL1



  2..
?41 DEVASSIGN, DUAL
HALT instruction, PC: 00000C1A (MOVL (R11),SP)

I don't know how to move forward. I would appreciate if someone could help me.


Thanks,

Jorge