Installing V7M on SimH ----------------------- Warren Toomey, Apr 2017 Here is as far as I got with SimH 4.0. Creating the Install Tape ------------------------- mktape tapefile1 tapefile2 tapefile3 tapefile4 tapefile5 \ -b 10240 tapefile6 -b 10240 tapefile7.tar -b 10240 tapefile8.tar \ > v7m.tap Installing V7M onto the RP06 ---------------------------- Here is the install.ini SimH config file: set cpu 11/44 1M set cpu idle attach tm0 v7m.tap set rp0 rp06 attach rp0 rp06.dsk set dz enabled set dz lines=8 set dz 8b attach -am dz 4000 boot tm0 #boot rp0 I followed the instructions in setup.txt. When you boot SimH's pdp11 the first time, answer Y to owerwrite the last track on the rp06.dsk. Below is a copy of the install sequence with the commands I entered. Boot : tm(0,3) file sys size: 9600 interleave factor: 11 blocks per cylinder: 418 file system: hp(0,0) isize = 3072 m/n = 11 418 Exit called Boot : tm(0,4) Tape? tm(0,5) Disk? hp(0,0) Last chance before scribbling on disk. End of tape Boot : hp(0,0)hptmunix unix/v7m 2.1 mem = 999424 # date 8108231300 Sun Aug 23 13:00:00 EDT 1981 # cd /dev # make rp06 rm -f rp* >/dev/null rm -f rrp* >/dev/null rm -f swap >/dev/null /etc/mknod rp0 b 6 0 /etc/mknod swap b 6 1 /etc/mknod rp2 b 6 2 /etc/mknod rp3 b 6 4 /etc/mknod rrp0 c 14 0 /etc/mknod rrp2 c 14 2 /etc/mknod rrp3 c 14 4 chmod go-w rp0 swap rp2 rp3 rrp0 rrp2 rrp3 # make tm rm -f mt* >/dev/null rm -f rmt* >/dev/null rm -f nrmt* >/dev/null /etc/mknod mt0 b 3 0 /etc/mknod rmt0 c 12 0 /etc/mknod nrmt0 c 12 128 chmod go+w mt0 rmt0 nrmt0 # dd if=/mdec/hpuboot of=/dev/rp0 count=1 0+1 records in 0+1 records out # /etc/mkfs /dev/rrp2 08778 isize = 2808 m/n = 3 500 # /etc/mount /dev/rp2 /sys # cd /sys # dd if=/dev/nrmt0 of=/dev/null bs=20b files=6 314+103 records in 314+98 records out # tar40 xbf 20 /dev/rmt0 # cd / # sync # /etc/umount /dev/rp2 # /etc/mkfs /dev/rrp3 313082 isize = 65496 m/n = 3 500 # /etc/mount /dev/rp3 /usr # cd /usr # dd if=/dev/nrmt0 of=/dev/null bs=20b files=7 547+104 records in 547+98 records out # tar40 xbf 20 /dev/rmt0 # cd / # sync # /etc/umount /dev/rp3 # /etc/mount /dev/rp2 /sys # /etc/mount /dev/rp3 /usr # # Restricted rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to restrictions stated in your contract with Western Electric Company, Inc. Sun Aug 23 13:04:55 EDT 1981 login: root Welcome to unix/v7m 2.1 # sync # sync # sync Simulation stopped, PC: 003726 (MOV (SP)+,177776) sim> q Goodbye Booting from the RP06 --------------------- Change install.ini to have this at the bottom: #boot tm0 boot rp0 Then run pdp11 install.ini: PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Beta ... Modem control activated Auto disconnect activated #hptmunix unix/v7m 2.1 mem = 999424 # < type ctrl-D > # Restricted rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to restrictions stated in your contract with Western Electric Company, Inc. Sun Aug 23 13:05:36 EDT 1981 login: root Welcome to unix/v7m 2.1 #