[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
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Seth Morabito
Poulsbo, WA
web at loomcom.com
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