From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 11063 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2021 23:38:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Oct 2021 23:38:10 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 562B79CC02; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:38:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B20AE9CB82; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:37:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8D4CD9CB82; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:37:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 328409CB7C for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:37:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 00DD635E11A; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:37:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:37:39 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Will Senn Message-ID: <20211020233739.GI20432@mcvoy.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] having issues with simh and setting up dci for unixV7 X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" # cp hptmconf myconf # echo 4dc >> myconf is my guess. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 06:14:46PM -0500, Will Senn wrote: > Hi Joseph, > > # cp hptmconf myconfnf > # echo 4dc >> myconf > > looks like a typo. If you actually typed this, all that would be in myconf > would be 4dc. You need the contents of hptmconf plus 4dc. Otherwise you'd be > missing some important devices. > > Will > > On 10/20/21 5:50 PM, joseph turco wrote: > >hello all, > > > >i am a new unix user, so please excuse my ignorance. > > > >I am trying to setup using unixV7 with simh pdp11 emulator. The guide i am > >following is by Will Senn (in PDF form). I have been able to successfully > >get the machine to boot with unix, and login as root. what i am having > >problems with, is trying to get telnet access via dci to work. when i > >follow the guide and do the following: > > > ># cd /usr/sys/conf > ># rm l.o c.o > ># cp hptmconf myconfnf > ># echo 4dc >> myconf > ># mkconf < myconf > ># make > >as - -o l.o l.s > >cc -c c.c > >ld -o unix -X -i l.o mch.o c.o ../sys/LIB1 ../dev/LIB2 > ># sum unix > >10314 > >??106 > ># ls -l unix > >-rwxrwxr-x 1 root > >??54122 Dec 31 19:09 unix > >etc... > > > >when i issue the mkconf < myconf command, i get a bunch of text printed > >out, but with a 'root device not found'. the sum unix value is different, > >as well as the size of the ls -l unix file size.. now when i try booting > >it with the newly created mboot.ini file (as per the guide), i go to start > >up the system with 'hp(0,0)munix' and it starts but hangs with the text > >'fault devtab' > > > >what am I doing wrong? > > > >regards, > > > >Joseph Turco -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm