[Simh] Problems install RSX-11M+ v4.6

Johnny Billquist bqt at softjar.se
Mon May 8 18:39:07 EDT 2017


On 2017-05-09 00:20, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
> Already have it my plans. First before I do the netgen I want to
> familiarize myself with RSX better.

Good idea.
You know about the "Introduction to RSX" manual? It might be a good 
start, if you haven't already gone past that point. I don't know what 
kind of experience you have...

And then the system managers manuals...

	Johnny

>
> On May 8, 2017 5:27 PM, "Johnny Billquist" <bqt at softjar.se
> <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
>
>     On 2017-05-08 05:03, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
>
>         I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice my system is up and
>         running.  Next up learning more and then doing a netgen.
>
>
>     Hey, excellent!
>
>     May I suggest that after installing DECnet, you might want to
>     install TCP/IP? ;-)
>
>             Johnny
>
>
>         Thanks again
>         Ray
>
>         On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Mark Pizzolato
>         <Mark at infocomm.com <mailto:Mark at infocomm.com>
>         <mailto:Mark at infocomm.com <mailto:Mark at infocomm.com>>> wrote:
>
>             Since simh autosizes MSCP disks, if you keep using the same
>         original
>             disk ____
>
>
>             Images you might have created initially, you may not be changing
>             anything ____
>
>
>             if you keep on attaching the same disk image after you
>         change the
>             disk type.____
>
>             __ __
>
>
>             The output of sim> SHOW RQ will show how big the disks will
>         appear
>             to the ____
>
>             operating system once you start things running.____
>
>             __ __
>
>             *From:*Simh [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com
>         <mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com>
>             <mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com
>         <mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com>>] *On Behalf Of *Johnny
>         Billquist
>             *Sent:* Sunday, May 7, 2017 4:31 PM
>             *To:* Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhurst at gmail.com
>         <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com>>>
>             *Cc:* simh <simh at trailing-edge.com
>         <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com> <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com
>         <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com>>>
>             *Subject:* Re: [Simh] Problems install RSX-11M+ v4.6____
>
>             __ __
>
>
>             The 128k thing is physical memory, which is sonething else
>         than size
>             of the disk. There is an option in simh in the config to
>         explicitly
>             tell how large disk you want. Check the documentation.
>
>             Use a disk of at least 1g, and we can move on to the next
>         problem,
>             which is going to be the number of file headers on the disk,
>         unless
>             you read that manual I gave the link to.
>
>             Easy howto pages on the internet are nice, but sooner or
>         later you
>             need to read the docs and understand what you are doing.
>
>             Johnny
>
>             ____
>
>             Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhurst at gmail.com
>         <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com
>         <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com>>> skrev: (8 maj 2017 01:08:19
>         CEST)____
>
>
>                 I tried running every size disk imaginable and I still
>         get the
>                 same error and it still states 128KW.  The small disk I
>         tried
>                 was 159MB. BTW, that prebuilt system also had the same
>         error and
>                 128KW again and it was a approx 10MB Massbus disk
>         running on a
>                 11/45.Could this be a bug?  I am following everything to
>         a T.
>                 Should I try a non-plus sysgen to see if I get the same
>         error?____
>
>                 Doing my best,____
>
>                 Ray____
>
>                 __ __
>
>
>                 On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Johnny Billquist
>         <bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>
>                 <mailto:bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>>> wrote:____
>
>                     On 2017-05-07 23:01, Alan Frisbie wrote:____
>
>                         On 05/07/2017 01:21 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:____
>
>
>
>                             RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6  BL87 128.KW
>         <http://128.KW> <http://128.KW>
>                             <http://128.KW>  System:"Baseline"
>                              >RED DU:=SY:
>                              >RED DU:=LB:
>                              >RED DU:=SP:
>                              >MOU DU0:"RSX11MPBL87"
>                              >@[2,54]BASTART.CMD
>                             12:46:19  *** GEN    Checkpoint space
>         allocation failure
>                             12:46:19  *** GEN    Checkpoint space
>         allocation failure
>                             12:46:19  *** GEN    Checkpoint space
>         allocation failure
>                             12:46:19  *** GEN    Checkpoint space
>         allocation failure
>                             12:46:19  *** GEN    Checkpoint space
>         allocation failure
>                             12:46:19  *** GEN    Checkpoint space allocation
>                             failure____
>
>
>
>
>                         This means that the disk you are running from (DU0:)
>                         does not
>                         have enough free space for RSX to allocate a
>         checkpoint
>                         file.____
>
>
>
>                     Ah! Yes, of course. Thanks for that, Alan. Didn't
>         even think
>                     about the possibility that the disk would be that small,
>                     since he was using MSCP.
>
>                     Ray, start over, and create disk image files that are
>                     larger.____
>
>
>                         Start over and tell SIMH to make DU0: (rq0)
>         larger.   I
>                         would
>                         suggest at least 32 MB if you plan to do
>         anything useful
>                         with
>                         the system.   Don't go above 500 MB, however, as the
>                         ODS-1 disk
>                         structures can't handle anything that large.____
>
>
>
>                     No, ODS-1 handles larger disks fine. The limit is
>         8G. If you
>                     go above that, there is no harm, but the disk will
>         just be
>                     truncated to 8G anyway, so no point in going larger.
>                     I would suggest something around 2G or so, and
>         you're set
>                     for life.
>                     (Personally I run with four 8G drives, but then
>         again, I'm
>                     not exactly normal when it comes to RSX...)
>
>                             Johnny
>
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Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol


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