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From: mrox128@gmail.com (Rox 64)
Subject: [TUHS] Unable to boot v7 UNIX
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:36:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGWMD9FhF4JBV_=hTdCai71VDSa91cCx397mH8BwpV0i7OaSVQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi guys, new SIMH (and Research Unix) user here coming from the future
(Linux), haha. Well, as the mail subject says, I have a problem.

After creating a bootable disk from a virgin Unix v7 distribution tape by
following this guide, http://homepages.thm.de/~hg53/pdp11-unix/, and after
umounting the usr file system and halting the machine, SIMH returns:
        HALT instruction, PC: 000002 (HALT)
after running the command:
        pdp11 run.conf
and I cannot boot my 87,9 MB 'system.hp' disk.

I thought the problem was on the final line of 'run.conf':
        run 2002
But when I use SIMH without .conf files and by manually typing the
following commands:
        set cpu 11/45
        set cpu 256k
        set rp0 rp04
        attach rp0 system.hp
        boot rp0
I see the same HALT message too.

I'm currently unning SIMH from Debian/Ubuntu package 3.8.1-5build1. Should
I update to a newest one? Or did I make a mistake when creating my bootable
disk?
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             reply	other threads:[~2012-12-31  4:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-31  4:36 Rox 64 [this message]
2012-12-31  4:43 ` Rox 64
2012-12-31 10:12 ` Hellwig Geisse
2012-12-31 16:01   ` Rox 64
2012-12-31 16:14     ` Hellwig Geisse
2012-12-31 16:25       ` Rox 64
2012-12-31 20:50         ` Random832

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