[Simh] 3B2 Install Guide Correction

Seth Morabito web at loomcom.com
Mon Feb 18 15:07:26 EST 2019


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, at 12:05 PM, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> SIMH Fans,
> 
> I'm endeavoring to follow the install UNIX from scratch guide at:
> 
>     https://LoomCom.com/3b2/installing_unix.html
> 
> On my first attempt I overlooked an error at the end of the format hard disk
> step, and encountered out of disk space errors during the install process.
> I tried again using a downloaded preformatted disk image and encountering
> the same out of disk space errors during the install.  I finally noticed the
> boot.ini file at the beginning of the article has:
> 
>     set id0 hd161
> 
> instead of:
> 
>     set idisk0 hd161
> 
> After making the above correction my install appears to be progressing
> normally.

Oh dear. Thanks for spotting this error, Kevin. I will fix the incorrect page right away!

(The name of the hard disk device was recently changed from 'ID' to 'IDISK' to avoid a collision with an internal SIMH command name.)

-Seth
-- 
  Seth Morabito
  Poulsbo, WA
  web at loomcom.com


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