I got it working now ignoring the typo. Many thanks for the help! Now I have a Unix timesharing "pdp-11" box. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 9:58 PM Clem Cole wrote: > FWI: You'll probably have better luck with the KL/DL interface. And > it's already in the system, since the console is on the first one. > # cp hptmconf myconfnf > # echo 3kl >> myconf > > If you are really adventurous with simh, then configure the DH11 and it's > associated DM11 interface, which from a performance standpoint work a lot > better and have all the RS-232 signals supported [which is something one of > the PiDP folks was recently trying to get going]. > # echo 2dh >> myconf > # echo dhdm >> myconf > > ᐧ > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:51 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 >> >