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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Rob,<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'>You don’t show much detail about what your vax780.ini file looks like.<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'>The “</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>%BOOT-F-Unable to locate BOOT file</span><span 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 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'>Good Luck.<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=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span 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 style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark<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><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span 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>Rob Jarratt<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> simh@trailing-edge.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [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><span lang=EN-GB 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><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo ./vax780</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>VAX780 simulator V3.9-0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>libpcap version 1.1.1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eth: opened OS device eth0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Debug output to "STDOUT"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Loading boot code from vmb.exe</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>%BOOT-F-Unable to locate BOOT filesim> q</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Goodbye</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eth: closed eth0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Debug output disabled</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The error about being unable to locate the BOOT file happens</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>about 40 seconds</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>after the “Loading boot code from vmb.exe” message.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Any ideas?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rob</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>