[Simh] More on using the latest (stored in git) release of SIMH
Gregg Levine
gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 07:59:45 EDT 2012
Hello!
I (earlier today) attempted to install NetBSD-5 for the VAX into a
disk as described here:
http://www.netbsd.org/ports/vax/emulator-howto.html
I created a install file using this as a template:
load -r /usr/pkg/share/simh/ka655x.bin
set cpu 64m
set rq0 ra92
at rq0 netbsd.dsk
set rq1 cdrom
at rq1 /path/to/vaxcd.iso
at xq0 name-of-network-interface-on-host
boot cpu
>From that I made some changes:
load -r /usr/local/bin/ka655x.bin
set cpu 64m
set rq0 ra92
at rq0 /usr/local/vax-netbsd/netbsd.dsk
set rq1 cdrom
at rq1 /usr/local/vax-netbsd/vaxcd-5.0.iso
at xq0 eth0
boot cpu
After the system ran through its usual series of checks, I then
entered at the prompt:
">>>boot dua1:" (The three right arrows are my approximation of a VMB prompt.)
>From there after a series of routines that can only be described as
typically appropriate for the VAX when running NetBSD, waited for the
installer to prompt me for language selection. English was chosen. I
then told it to configure the Ethernet connection. From there I
returned to the install methods. Installing from CD did not want to
work, it complained about how the disk was mounted or not mounted.
Instead I chose a network one. Everything seemingly worked until this
happened:
+---------------+
| yes or no? |
| |
| a: No |
|>b: Yes |
+---------------+
Status: Finished
Command: disklabel -w -r -f /tmp/disktab ra0 'RA92'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Status: Finished
Command: /sbin/newfs -V2 -O 1 -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/rra0a
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/dev/rra0a: 1307.7MB (2678076 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
using 7 cylinder groups of 186.81MB, 11956 blks, 23552 inodes.
...............................................................................
Installing boot blocks on ra0....
Okay, the first part of the procedure is finished. Sysinst has written a
disklabel to the target disk, and newfs'ed and fsck'ed the new partitions you
specified for the target disk.
The next step is to fetch and unpack the distribution filesets.
During the extraction process, what do you want to see as each file is
extracted?
+-------------------------------------+
| Select set extraction verbosity |
| |
|>a: Progress bar (recommended) |
| b: Silent |
| c: Verbose file name listing (slow) |
+-------------------------------------+
Enter the CDROM device to be used and directory on the CDROM where the
distribution is located.
Remember, the directory should contain the .tgz files.
a: Device cd0a
b: Set directory /vax/binary/sets
>x: Continue
Status: Command failed
Command: /sbin/mount -rt cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mnt2
Hit enter to continue
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mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0a on /mnt2: Device not configured
The following are the ftp site, directory, user, and password that will be
used. If "user" is "ftp", then the password is not needed.
a: Host ftp.NetBSD.org
b: Base directory pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0
c: Set directory /vax/binary/sets
d: User ftp
e: Password
f: Proxy
g: Transfer directory /usr/INSTALL
h: Delete after install No
>x: Get Distribution
Status: Finished
Command: /usr/bin/ftp -a ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0/vax/bina
ry/sets/kern-GENERIC.tgz
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250 CWD command successful.
250-
Please read the file README.files
it was last modified on Sun Apr 26 03:41:15 2009 - 1097 days ago
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
local: kern-GENERIC.tgz remote: kern-GENERIC.tgz
227 Entering Passive Mode (199,233,217,249,224,81)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'kern-GENERIC.tgz' (1436194 bytes).
100% |***********************************| 1402 KiB 280.50 KiB/s 00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete.
1436194 bytes received in 00:05 (267.65 KiB/s)
221-
Data traffic for this session was 1436194 bytes in 1 file.
Total traffic for this session was 1440828 bytes in 1 transfer.
221 Thank you for using the FTP service on ftp.NetBSD.org.
Status: Finished
Command: progress -zf /targetroot/usr/INSTALL/kern-GENERIC.tgz tar --chroot
-xhepf -
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100% |***********************************| 2790 KiB 205.90 KiB/s 00:00 ETA
Status: Finished
Command: /usr/bin/ftp -a ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0/vax/bina
ry/sets/base.tgz
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250 CWD command successful.
250-
Please read the file README.files
it was last modified on Sun Apr 26 03:41:15 2009 - 1097 days ago
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
local: base.tgz remote: base.tgz
227 Entering Passive Mode (199,233,217,249,225,5)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'base.tgz' (25290656 bytes).
100% |***********************************| 24697 KiB 283.68 KiB/s 00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete.
25290656 bytes received in 01:27 (282.94 KiB/s)
221-
Data traffic for this session was 25290656 bytes in 1 file.
Total traffic for this session was 25295260 bytes in 1 transfer.
221 Thank you for using the FTP service on ftp.NetBSD.org.
Status: Running
Command: progress -zf /targetroot/usr/INSTALL/base.tgz tar --chroot -xhepf -
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34% |*********** | 24703 KiB 177.71 KiB/s
04:24 ETApanic: Segv in kernel mode: pc 80058016 addr 403fee80
dumping to dev 23,1 offset 8
dump succeeded
HALT instruction, PC: 800DC508 (PUSHAB 80103928)
sim>
Right there above this line. I had originally thought something was
flakey with the install methods for the later ones, but there are
reports of people getting it to install on working hardware, so I
decided to move back in time and try the 5.0 version. Next will be
with the 4 series. However Mark the release I chose is based on one
grabbed on 3/12/2012 so has anything changed since then?
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
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