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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ah, so if the problem indicates a problem with the system disk then that explains things better. I think I know where to look now because the system disk is actually on a different machine and accessed using CIFS, so there is a problem in that area. I took it to be a problem with the vmb.exe file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 September 2012 13:17<br><b>To:</b> r.jarratt@computer.org; simh@trailing-edge.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Simh] Problems Booting VAX Emulation on Raspberry Pi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Rob,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You don’t show much detail about what your vax780.ini file looks like.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The “</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>%BOOT-F-Unable to locate BOOT file</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>” message is being issued by the code from vmb.exe. This would suggest to me that the disk image you are trying to boot from has somehow gotten corrupted. I’d pull that image off the raspberry to an environment where you have a working simulator and attach the disk image as an additional disk on that simulator and use then look around at the details of the contents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good Luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com">simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com]">[mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Jarratt<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:simh@trailing-edge.com">simh@trailing-edge.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Simh] Problems Booting VAX Emulation on Raspberry Pi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I have had the 780 emulation running on my Raspberry Pi for some time now. Recently I have had intermittent problems with vmb.exe, the problem seems to have become permanent now though. I have re-copied vmb.exe to the machine but the problem persists. Here is the log:</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo ./vax780</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>VAX780 simulator V3.9-0</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>libpcap version 1.1.1</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eth: opened OS device eth0</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Debug output to "STDOUT"</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Loading boot code from vmb.exe</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>%BOOT-F-Unable to locate BOOT filesim> q</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Goodbye</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eth: closed eth0</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Debug output disabled</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The error about being unable to locate the BOOT file happens</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>about 40 seconds</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>after the “Loading boot code from vmb.exe” message.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Any ideas?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Regards</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rob</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>