[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[Andru Luvisi]

I am having difficulty installing SysIII on simh.  I have attached my simh
pdp11 ini file (sys3.simh.bootstrap) and the Perl script used to create
the install tape (mksys3tap.pl).  Everything seems to go fine while
installing the miniroot, but when I try to boot from the "installed"
system I don't get very far.  Below is a transcript.  Any ideas?

Andru


$ pdp11 sys3.simh.bootstrap

PDP-11 simulator V2.10-3
RL: creating new file
Create bad block table on last track? [N]
UNIX tape boot loader
UNIX -- Initial Load: Tape-to-Disk

The type of disk drive on which the Root file system will reside,
as well as the type of tape drive that will be used for Tape 1
must be specified below.

Answer the questions with a 'y' or 'n' followed by
a carriage return or line feed.
There is no type-ahead -- wait for the question to complete.
The character '@' will kill the entire line,
while the character '#' will erase the last character typed.

RP03 at address 176710?: n
RP04/5/6 at address 176700?: n
RL01 at address 174400?: y
Drive number (0-3)?: 0
Disk drive 0 selected.

Mount a formatted pack on drive 0.
Ready?: y

TU10/TM11 at address 172520?: y
Drive number (0-7)?: 0
Tape drive 0 selected.

The tape on drive 0 will be read from the current position
at 800bpi, 5120 characters (10 blocks) per record,
and written onto the pack on drive 0 starting at block 0.

Ready?: y
Size of filesystem to be copied is 6000 blocks.
What is the pack volume label? (e.g. p0001):
The pack will be labelled p0001.
The boot block for your type of disk drive will now be installed.

The file system copy is now complete.

To boot the basic unix for your disk and tape drives
as indicated above, mount this pack on drive 0
and read in the boot block (block 0) using
whatever means you have available; see romboot(8), 70boot(8).

Then boot the program unixrltm using diskboot(8).
Normally:  #0=unixrltm

The system will initially come up single-user; see init(8).
If you have an upper case only console terminal,
you must execute: stty lcase; see stty(1).

After UNIX is up, link the file unixrltm to unix using ln(1).
        # ln /unixrltm /unix

Set the date(1).

Good Luck!

The tape will now be rewound.


HALT instruction, PC: 002460 (BR 2456)
sim> boot rl0
#0=unixrltm
ka6 = 1512
aps = 141774
pc = 1476 ps = 30010
trap type 0
ka6 = 1512
aps = 141666
pc = 113444 ps = 30300
trap type 0
panic: trap

-------------- next part --------------
set cpu 22b
att rl0 test.dsk
att tm0 sys3.tap
b tm
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[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[Maciek Bieszczad]

I'm having some trouble trying to build sys3.tap with mksys3tap.pl. I
also tried another script (the original mkdisttap.pl from 2.11BSD), but
none of these perl scripts seem to work for me. Am I doing something
wrong here?

Maciek

[~/sys3]# ls
boot  cpio.tape  mini-root mksys3tap.pl* script
[~/sys3]# ./mksys3tap.pl > sys3.tap
[~/sys3]# ls -l sys3.tap
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root     3076812 Jun 18 18:59 sys3.tap
[~/sys3]# cat script
set cpu 22b
att rl0 test.dsk
att tm0 sys3.tap
b tm
[~/sys3]# pdp11 script

PDP-11 simulator V2.10-4
RL: creating new file
Create bad block table on last track? [N]

Trap stack push abort, PC: 000002 (BITB @(R3)+,@(R3)+)
sim>

[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[Andru Luvisi]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Maciek Bieszczad wrote:
> I'm having some trouble trying to build sys3.tap with mksys3tap.pl. I
> also tried another script (the original mkdisttap.pl from 2.11BSD), but
> none of these perl scripts seem to work for me. Am I doing something
> wrong here?

It looks like the same thing I am doing, but...

> [~/sys3]# ls
> boot  cpio.tape  mini-root mksys3tap.pl* script
> [~/sys3]# ./mksys3tap.pl > sys3.tap
> [~/sys3]# ls -l sys3.tap
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     3076812 Jun 18 18:59 sys3.tap

We don't seem to have the same sizes...

-rw-r--r--    1 luvisi   luvisi    3086172 Jun 20 09:44 sys3.tap
-rw-r--r--    1 luvisi   luvisi       9216 Mar 18 16:12 boot
-rw-r--r--    1 luvisi   luvisi    3072000 Mar 18 16:12 mini-root

If I replace
  add_file("boot", 512);
with
  add_file("/dev/null", 512);

I get 3076812, so I suspect that your "boot" file is empty.

Andru
-- 
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[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[zmkm zmkm]

andru

I should've known better before I rush my reply :-) , what I meant was since 
gnu cpio  can uncompress those cpio files , so I assumed that it can be 
uncompressed booted and re packaged as a single .dsk image (like the unix7 
thing) , but since I have no background in pdp11 hardware I am not sure how 
can this be done.

cheers.

zmkm







>From: Andru Luvisi <luvisi at andru.sonoma.edu>
>Reply-To: Andru Luvisi <luvisi at andru.sonoma.edu>
>To: zmkm zmkm <new_zmkm at hotmail.com>
>CC: tuhs at tuhs.org
>Subject: Re: [TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?
>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:21:34 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, zmkm zmkm wrote:
> >
> > Andu
> >
> > wouldn't be easier to load it through dsk (I mean download the complete 
>tar
> > and make a dsk out of it) .
>
>I'm not clear on what you mean by this.  Here is how I was planning to do
>the install:
>
>  1) Boot from tape
>  2) Install miniroot on disk
>  3) Boot from disk
>  4) Untar rest of installation onto disk from tar tape file
>
>The instructions in usr/src/man/docs/setup (in the tar file) talk about
>using cpio and cpio format tape files instead of tar, but all I have is a
>tar file.
>
>I have not managed to finish step 3.
>
>Andru
>--
>Andru Luvisi, Programmer/Analyst
>
>
>
>Quote Of The Moment:
>   Appel's method avoids making a large number of small trampoline bounces
>   by occasionally jumping off the Empire State Building.
>                   -- Henry G. Baker, "Cheney on the M.T.A."
>

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[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[Andru Luvisi]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, zmkm zmkm wrote:
>
> Andu
>
> wouldn't be easier to load it through dsk (I mean download the complete tar
> and make a dsk out of it) .

I'm not clear on what you mean by this.  Here is how I was planning to do
the install:

 1) Boot from tape
 2) Install miniroot on disk
 3) Boot from disk
 4) Untar rest of installation onto disk from tar tape file

The instructions in usr/src/man/docs/setup (in the tar file) talk about
using cpio and cpio format tape files instead of tar, but all I have is a
tar file.

I have not managed to finish step 3.

Andru
-- 
Andru Luvisi, Programmer/Analyst



Quote Of The Moment:
  Appel's method avoids making a large number of small trampoline bounces
  by occasionally jumping off the Empire State Building.
                  -- Henry G. Baker, "Cheney on the M.T.A."

[TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?

[zmkm zmkm]

Andu

wouldn't be easier to load it through dsk (I mean download the complete tar 
and make a dsk out of it) .

zmkm

>From: Andru Luvisi <luvisi at andru.sonoma.edu>
>Reply-To: Andru Luvisi <luvisi at andru.sonoma.edu>
>To: tuhs at tuhs.org
>Subject: [TUHS] Installing SysIII on simh?
>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I am having difficulty installing SysIII on simh.  I have attached my simh
>pdp11 ini file (sys3.simh.bootstrap) and the Perl script used to create
>the install tape (mksys3tap.pl).  Everything seems to go fine while
>installing the miniroot, but when I try to boot from the "installed"
>system I don't get very far.  Below is a transcript.  Any ideas?
>
>Andru
>
>
>$ pdp11 sys3.simh.bootstrap
>
>PDP-11 simulator V2.10-3
>RL: creating new file
>Create bad block table on last track? [N]
>UNIX tape boot loader
>UNIX -- Initial Load: Tape-to-Disk
>
>The type of disk drive on which the Root file system will reside,
>as well as the type of tape drive that will be used for Tape 1
>must be specified below.
>
>Answer the questions with a 'y' or 'n' followed by
>a carriage return or line feed.
>There is no type-ahead -- wait for the question to complete.
>The character '@' will kill the entire line,
>while the character '#' will erase the last character typed.
>
>RP03 at address 176710?: n
>RP04/5/6 at address 176700?: n
>RL01 at address 174400?: y
>Drive number (0-3)?: 0
>Disk drive 0 selected.
>
>Mount a formatted pack on drive 0.
>Ready?: y
>
>TU10/TM11 at address 172520?: y
>Drive number (0-7)?: 0
>Tape drive 0 selected.
>
>The tape on drive 0 will be read from the current position
>at 800bpi, 5120 characters (10 blocks) per record,
>and written onto the pack on drive 0 starting at block 0.
>
>Ready?: y
>Size of filesystem to be copied is 6000 blocks.
>What is the pack volume label? (e.g. p0001):
>The pack will be labelled p0001.
>The boot block for your type of disk drive will now be installed.
>
>The file system copy is now complete.
>
>To boot the basic unix for your disk and tape drives
>as indicated above, mount this pack on drive 0
>and read in the boot block (block 0) using
>whatever means you have available; see romboot(8), 70boot(8).
>
>Then boot the program unixrltm using diskboot(8).
>Normally:  #0=unixrltm
>
>The system will initially come up single-user; see init(8).
>If you have an upper case only console terminal,
>you must execute: stty lcase; see stty(1).
>
>After UNIX is up, link the file unixrltm to unix using ln(1).
>         # ln /unixrltm /unix
>
>Set the date(1).
>
>Good Luck!
>
>The tape will now be rewound.
>
>
>HALT instruction, PC: 002460 (BR 2456)
>sim> boot rl0
>#0=unixrltm
>ka6 = 1512
>aps = 141774
>pc = 1476 ps = 30010
>trap type 0
>ka6 = 1512
>aps = 141666
>pc = 113444 ps = 30300
>trap type 0
>panic: trap
>
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><< mksys3tap.pl >>
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