[Simh] Creating a blank (NOVA) disk image

[Stephen Merrony]

Ah, yes - that worked - thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com> 
Sent: 20 May 2019 15:42
To: Stephen Merrony <merrony at gmail.com>; simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: RE: [Simh] Creating a blank (NOVA) disk image

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 2:26 AM, Stephen Merrony wrote:
> Can someone remind me how to create a blank disk image file for use 
> with SimH?
>
> I tried the following...
>
> set DKP0 6103
> attach -n DKP0 disk0.6103
>
> ...but it just creates a zero-length file which is no use.

Actually, for that simulator I'm 99+% sure that this is the initial expected
behavior.  Please press on and try to use the device as a disk.  The
disk0.6103 container file should grow as it is used until the maximum size
of a
6103 model disk.

Have fun.

- Mark