[Simh] Creating a blank (NOVA) disk image

[David or Jan Takle]

If you are interested in using the IRIS operating system on the Nova,
please see
nova-iris.net


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On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 10:24 AM Stephen Merrony <merrony at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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