[Simh] Install VAX/VMS 4.4 on a simulated VAX-11/780

[Henk van de Kamer]

> I’ve uploaded a RL02 image of a bootable VMS 4.7 Standalone backup. You 
> can download it using this link:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=12USrZnqSRWelSKAWiHipyDs2qZRcuu9b

First tried this with the default Debian Stretch package (version 3.8.0) 
and this gave the familiar segfault found in my other posts.

So I bite the bullet, created a new virtual Debian Stretch console only 
system to build the newest version. Installed extra packages are 
build-essentials and libpcap-dev because the rest in the manual seemed 
for running in X11. A:

make vax780

gave a BIN/vax780 binary (much larger than the Debian one). I copied the 
tape and the above and created a exp1.ini file with the following lines:

; Try stabackit.rl02 from Simh mailinglist
;
set console log=logs/vms44.log
set rq0 ra92
set rl0 rl02
attach rq0 vms44sys.dsk
attach rl0 stabackit.rl02
attach ts bb-bt05c-be.tap


Then:


hvdkamer at obelix-deb9:~/vax$ ./vax780 exp1.ini

VAX 11/780 simulator V4.0-0 Current        git commit id: 6bfad051
Logging to file "logs/vms44.log"
exp1.ini-6> attach rq0 vms44sys.dsk
RQ0: creating new file
RL0: 'stabackit.rl02' Contains ODS2 File system
RL0: Volume Name: STANDBACKUP  Format: DECFILE11B   Sectors In Volume: 20480
sim> boot rl0
Loading boot code from internal vmb.exe


    VAX/VMS Version V4.7 28-Oct-1987 13:00


%BACKUP-I-IDENT, Stand-alone BACKUP V4.7; the date is 28-MAR-2013 
14:57:52.95
$



Success at last :). Now redo all the other experiments to see if it was 
a problem on the the old Debian binary.

> If you want to go full realistic, once you’ve got 4.4 running, generate 
> your own STABACKIT in the media format you prefer and then repeat the 
> install :)

Hmm, but then you depend on your provided disk. It would be nice if you 
could bootstrap it with only the VMS 4.4 tape and the Stand alone 
back-up tapes. I think that is the procedure in the old VAX install manual?

-- 

Henk van de Kamer
http://www.vandekamer.com/
http://www.hetlab.tk/