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Running TOPS-20 V4.1 under SIMH

2012-07-05T20:00:35Z

Sbb: clarified what to do to get out of the simulation [hit ctrl-f -- really wasn't obvious!]

The tape image can be downloaded from here: http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/bb-d867e-bm_tops20_v41_2020_instl.tap.bz2

Naturally you'll need the PDP-10 emulator from [[SIMH]]. You can download pre-compiled binaries from the sourceforge page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/

With [[SIMH]] 3.8-0 I'm using the followinng as my install.ini unlike the following example from 2001...

<pre>
set cpu tops-20
d wru 006
att tu i.tap
set rp rp06
att rp t20.dsk
boot tu
</pre>

<pre>

From bsupnik@us.inter.net Mon May 21 15:00:51 2001
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From: Bob Supnik <bsupnik@us.inter.net>
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I've gotten all the way through a TOPS-20 V4.1 installation on simh,
but not without some caveats.

To start with, this log is produced with the next version of the
simulator, which includes logging. It also includes a shortcut for
dealing with the TOPS-20 V4.1 boot problem:

sim> set cpu tops20v41

catches the bad WRCSTM in the boot process. To do this by hand,

sim> d break 7
sim> BOOT TU or RP

Breakpoint at PC: 000007
sim> d 40127 770000000000
sim> c

The first part of the installation (up to the reboot) works just as
stated in the manuals. After the reboot, things aren't so clean:

------

sim> log t20.txt
Logging to file "t20.txt"
sim> d wru 006
sim> att tu c:\temp\tops20_v41_i.tap
sim> set rp rp06
sim> set cpu t20V41
sim> att rp t20.dsk
sim> boot tu

MTBOOT>/L
MTBOOT>/G143
[FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TYPE "?" TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS.]

DO YOU WANT TO REPLACE THE FILE SYSTEM ON THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE?
Y

DO YOU WANT TO DEFINE THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE? Y

HOW MANY PACKS ARE IN THIS STRUCTURE: 1

ON WHICH "CHANNEL,UNIT" IS LOGICAL PACK # 0 MOUNTED: 0,0

DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SWAPPING SPACE? Y

DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE FRONT END FILE SYSTEM? Y

DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE BOOTSTRAP AREA? Y

[STRUCTURE "PS" SUCCESSFULLY DEFINED]
[PS MOUNTED]

?PS UNIT 0 HAS NO BAT BLOCKS.
DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A SET OF PROTOTYPE BAT BLOCKS? Y
%%NO SETSPD

System restarting, wait...
ENTER CURRENT DATE AND TIME: 19-MAY-2001 11:13

YOU HAVE ENTERED SATURDAY, 19-MAY-2001 11:13AM,
IS THIS CORRECT (Y,N) Y

WHY RELOAD? INSTALLATION
<SYSTEM>ACCOUNTS-TABLE.BIN NOT FOUND - ACCOUNT VALIDATION IS
DISABLED

RUNNING DDMP
NO SYSJOB
NO EXEC [## Hit CTRL-C here]
MX>GET FILE MTA0:

INTERRUPT AT 0
MX>GET FILE MTA0:
MX>START

TOPS-20 Command processor 5.1(1354)
@ENABLE (CAPABILITIES)
$RUN (PROGRAM) MTA0:
DLUSER>LOAD (FROM FILE) MTA0:

DONE.
DLUSER>EXIT
$RUN (PROGRAM) MTA0:
DUMPER>TAPE (DEVICE) MTA0:
DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<SYSTEM>*.*.*

DUMPER tape # 1, "SYSTEM files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1721
End of saveset

DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<SUBSYS>*.*.*

DUMPER tape # 1, "SUBSYS files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1723
End of saveset

DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<UETP.LIB>*.*.*

DUMPER tape # 1, "UETP files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1726
End of saveset

DUMPER>EXIT
$UNLOAD (DEVICE) MTA0:
$INFORMATION (ABOUT) DISK-USAGE (OF DIRECTORY) PS:<*>
PS:<ROOT-DIRECTORY>
59 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<ACCOUNTS>
4 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<NEW-SUBSYS>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<NEW-SYSTEM>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<OPERATOR>
0 Pages assigned
250 Working pages, 250 Permanent pages allowed

PS:<SPOOL>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<SUBSYS>
2595 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<SYSTEM>
2685 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<UETP>
0 Pages assigned
100000 Working pages, 100000 Permanent pages allowed

PS:<UETP.LIB>
1712 Pages assigned
4000 Working pages, 4000 Permanent pages allowed

PS:<UETP.RUN>
0 Pages assigned
500 Working pages, 500 Permanent pages allowed

Total of 7055 Pages assigned, in 11 directories.
62563 Pages free on PS:, 13437 pages used.

$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SYSTEM>
$COPY (FROM) 2020-MONMED.EXE.1 (TO) MONITR.EXE
2020-MONMED.EXE.1 => MONITR.EXE.1 [OK]
$TERMINAL (MODE IS) NO RAISE
$copy (FROM) tty: (TO) monnam.txt
TTY: => MONNAM.TXT.1

Simh TOPS-20 V4.1
^Z

$copy (FROM) tty: (TO) TAPNAM.TXT
TTY: => TAPNAM.TXT.1
SIMH-V41
^Z
$terminal (MODE IS) raise
$CREATE (FILE) 4-1-CONFIG.CMD
Input: 4-1-CONFIG.CMD.1
00100 !TERMINAL SPEEDS
00200 !CURRENTLY, DZ11'S ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
00300 TERMINAL 1-40 SPEED 0
00400 DEFINE NEW: PS:<NEW>,SYS:
00500 DEFINE OLD: PS:<OLD>,SYS:
00600 DEFINE HLP: SYS:
00700 PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE VFU SYS:NORMAL.VFU
00800 PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE RAM SYS:LP96.RAM
00900 TIMEZONE 5
01000 BIAS 8
01100 ENABLE TAPE-DRIVE-ALLOCATION
01200 $
*EU
[4-1-CONFIG.CMD.1]
$TYPE (FILE) <SYSTEM>4-1-CONFIG.CMD
!TERMINAL SPEEDS
!CURRENTLY, DZ11'S ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
TERMINAL 1-32 SPEED 0
DEFINE NEW: PS:<NEW>,SYS:
DEFINE OLD: PS:<OLD>,SYS:
DEFINE HLP: SYS:
PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE VFU SYS:NORMAL.VFU
PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE RAM SYS:LP96.RAM
TIMEZONE 5
BIAS 8
ENABLE TAPE-DRIVE-ALLOCATION
$^ECREATE (DIRECTORY NAME) PS:<OPERATOR>
[Old]
$$PASSWORD DEC-20
$$USER-GROUP (NUMBER) 100
$$IPCF
$$
$^ECREATE (DIRECTORY NAME) PS:<REMARKS>
[New]
$$
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SUBSYS>
$CREATE (FILE) LPFORM.INI
Input: LPFORM.INI.1
00100 NORMAL/BANNER:1/HEADER:1/TRAILER:1
00200 NARROW/BANNER:1/HEADER:1/TRAILER:1/WIDTH:80
00300 $
*EU
[LPFORM.INI.1]
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SYSTEM>
$RUN (PROGRAM) SMFILE
DECSYSTEM 2020 DIAGNOSTICS FE-FILE PROGRAM
VERSION 0.3, TOPS-20, KS10, CPU#=4097
[FOR HELP TYPE "HELP"]
SMFILE>WRITE SETUP PS:<ROOT-DIRECTORY>BOOTSTRAP.BIN
SMFILE>WRITE RESET
SMFILE>READ KS10.ULD
SMFILE>SERIAL 4097
SMFILE>WRITE CRAM
SMFILE>WRITE BOOT SMBOOT.EXE
SMFILE>WRITE DONE
[HOME BLOCKS SET]
SMFILE>OUTPUT CRAM PS:<SYSTEM>KS10.RAM
SMFILE>OUTPUT MTBOOT SMMTBT.EXE PS:<SYSTEM>MTBOOT.RDI
SMFILE>EXIT
$ [## HIT CTRL-F HERE]
Simulation stopped, PC: 000003 (SOJG 2,3)
sim> set fe stop
sim> c
**HALTED**

HALT instruction, PC: 010754 (JSR 0,5335)
sim> exit
Goodbye
Log file closed
</pre>

[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]

Running TOPS-20 V4.1 under SIMH

2012-07-05T19:35:58Z

Sbb: added comment about hitting CTRL-C

The tape image can be downloaded from here: http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/bb-d867e-bm_tops20_v41_2020_instl.tap.bz2

Naturally you'll need the PDP-10 emulator from [[SIMH]]. You can download pre-compiled binaries from the sourceforge page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/

With [[SIMH]] 3.8-0 I'm using the followinng as my install.ini unlike the following example from 2001...

<pre>
set cpu tops-20
d wru 006
att tu i.tap
set rp rp06
att rp t20.dsk
boot tu
</pre>

<pre>

From bsupnik@us.inter.net Mon May 21 15:00:51 2001
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From: Bob Supnik <bsupnik@us.inter.net>
Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10
Subject: TOPS-20 installation on SIMH, part 1
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 14:57:19 -0400
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I've gotten all the way through a TOPS-20 V4.1 installation on simh,
but not without some caveats.

To start with, this log is produced with the next version of the
simulator, which includes logging. It also includes a shortcut for
dealing with the TOPS-20 V4.1 boot problem:

sim> set cpu tops20v41

catches the bad WRCSTM in the boot process. To do this by hand,

sim> d break 7
sim> BOOT TU or RP

Breakpoint at PC: 000007
sim> d 40127 770000000000
sim> c

The first part of the installation (up to the reboot) works just as
stated in the manuals. After the reboot, things aren't so clean:

------

sim> log t20.txt
Logging to file "t20.txt"
sim> d wru 006
sim> att tu c:\temp\tops20_v41_i.tap
sim> set rp rp06
sim> set cpu t20V41
sim> att rp t20.dsk
sim> boot tu

MTBOOT>/L
MTBOOT>/G143
[FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TYPE "?" TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS.]

DO YOU WANT TO REPLACE THE FILE SYSTEM ON THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE?
Y

DO YOU WANT TO DEFINE THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE? Y

HOW MANY PACKS ARE IN THIS STRUCTURE: 1

ON WHICH "CHANNEL,UNIT" IS LOGICAL PACK # 0 MOUNTED: 0,0

DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SWAPPING SPACE? Y

DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE FRONT END FILE SYSTEM? Y

DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE BOOTSTRAP AREA? Y

[STRUCTURE "PS" SUCCESSFULLY DEFINED]
[PS MOUNTED]

?PS UNIT 0 HAS NO BAT BLOCKS.
DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A SET OF PROTOTYPE BAT BLOCKS? Y
%%NO SETSPD

System restarting, wait...
ENTER CURRENT DATE AND TIME: 19-MAY-2001 11:13

YOU HAVE ENTERED SATURDAY, 19-MAY-2001 11:13AM,
IS THIS CORRECT (Y,N) Y

WHY RELOAD? INSTALLATION
<SYSTEM>ACCOUNTS-TABLE.BIN NOT FOUND - ACCOUNT VALIDATION IS
DISABLED

RUNNING DDMP
NO SYSJOB
NO EXEC [## Hit CTRL-C here]
MX>GET FILE MTA0:

INTERRUPT AT 0
MX>GET FILE MTA0:
MX>START

TOPS-20 Command processor 5.1(1354)
@ENABLE (CAPABILITIES)
$RUN (PROGRAM) MTA0:
DLUSER>LOAD (FROM FILE) MTA0:

DONE.
DLUSER>EXIT
$RUN (PROGRAM) MTA0:
DUMPER>TAPE (DEVICE) MTA0:
DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<SYSTEM>*.*.*

DUMPER tape # 1, "SYSTEM files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1721
End of saveset

DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<SUBSYS>*.*.*

DUMPER tape # 1, "SUBSYS files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1723
End of saveset

DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<UETP.LIB>*.*.*

DUMPER tape # 1, "UETP files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1726
End of saveset

DUMPER>EXIT
$UNLOAD (DEVICE) MTA0:
$INFORMATION (ABOUT) DISK-USAGE (OF DIRECTORY) PS:<*>
PS:<ROOT-DIRECTORY>
59 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<ACCOUNTS>
4 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<NEW-SUBSYS>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<NEW-SYSTEM>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<OPERATOR>
0 Pages assigned
250 Working pages, 250 Permanent pages allowed

PS:<SPOOL>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<SUBSYS>
2595 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<SYSTEM>
2685 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed

PS:<UETP>
0 Pages assigned
100000 Working pages, 100000 Permanent pages allowed

PS:<UETP.LIB>
1712 Pages assigned
4000 Working pages, 4000 Permanent pages allowed

PS:<UETP.RUN>
0 Pages assigned
500 Working pages, 500 Permanent pages allowed

Total of 7055 Pages assigned, in 11 directories.
62563 Pages free on PS:, 13437 pages used.

$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SYSTEM>
$COPY (FROM) 2020-MONMED.EXE.1 (TO) MONITR.EXE
2020-MONMED.EXE.1 => MONITR.EXE.1 [OK]
$TERMINAL (MODE IS) NO RAISE
$copy (FROM) tty: (TO) monnam.txt
TTY: => MONNAM.TXT.1

Simh TOPS-20 V4.1
^Z

$copy (FROM) tty: (TO) TAPNAM.TXT
TTY: => TAPNAM.TXT.1
SIMH-V41
^Z
$terminal (MODE IS) raise
$CREATE (FILE) 4-1-CONFIG.CMD
Input: 4-1-CONFIG.CMD.1
00100 !TERMINAL SPEEDS
00200 !CURRENTLY, DZ11'S ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
00300 TERMINAL 1-40 SPEED 0
00400 DEFINE NEW: PS:<NEW>,SYS:
00500 DEFINE OLD: PS:<OLD>,SYS:
00600 DEFINE HLP: SYS:
00700 PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE VFU SYS:NORMAL.VFU
00800 PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE RAM SYS:LP96.RAM
00900 TIMEZONE 5
01000 BIAS 8
01100 ENABLE TAPE-DRIVE-ALLOCATION
01200 $
*EU
[4-1-CONFIG.CMD.1]
$TYPE (FILE) <SYSTEM>4-1-CONFIG.CMD
!TERMINAL SPEEDS
!CURRENTLY, DZ11'S ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
TERMINAL 1-32 SPEED 0
DEFINE NEW: PS:<NEW>,SYS:
DEFINE OLD: PS:<OLD>,SYS:
DEFINE HLP: SYS:
PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE VFU SYS:NORMAL.VFU
PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE RAM SYS:LP96.RAM
TIMEZONE 5
BIAS 8
ENABLE TAPE-DRIVE-ALLOCATION
$^ECREATE (DIRECTORY NAME) PS:<OPERATOR>
[Old]
$$PASSWORD DEC-20
$$USER-GROUP (NUMBER) 100
$$IPCF
$$
$^ECREATE (DIRECTORY NAME) PS:<REMARKS>
[New]
$$
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SUBSYS>
$CREATE (FILE) LPFORM.INI
Input: LPFORM.INI.1
00100 NORMAL/BANNER:1/HEADER:1/TRAILER:1
00200 NARROW/BANNER:1/HEADER:1/TRAILER:1/WIDTH:80
00300 $
*EU
[LPFORM.INI.1]
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SYSTEM>
$RUN (PROGRAM) SMFILE
DECSYSTEM 2020 DIAGNOSTICS FE-FILE PROGRAM
VERSION 0.3, TOPS-20, KS10, CPU#=4097
[FOR HELP TYPE "HELP"]
SMFILE>WRITE SETUP PS:<ROOT-DIRECTORY>BOOTSTRAP.BIN
SMFILE>WRITE RESET
SMFILE>READ KS10.ULD
SMFILE>SERIAL 4097
SMFILE>WRITE CRAM
SMFILE>WRITE BOOT SMBOOT.EXE
SMFILE>WRITE DONE
[HOME BLOCKS SET]
SMFILE>OUTPUT CRAM PS:<SYSTEM>KS10.RAM
SMFILE>OUTPUT MTBOOT SMMTBT.EXE PS:<SYSTEM>MTBOOT.RDI
SMFILE>EXIT
$
Simulation stopped, PC: 000003 (SOJG 2,3)
sim> set fe stop
sim> c
**HALTED**

HALT instruction, PC: 010754 (JSR 0,5335)
sim> exit
Goodbye
Log file closed
</pre>

[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T19:22:00Z

Sbb: added ## to comment

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk. [## Just hit enter]
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
# DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3. [## Hit enter here, this will take some time before the next line is printed]
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type CTRL-E (^E) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544
# [## Hit CTRL-D (^D) here]
RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing UNIX v6 (PDP-11) on SIMH

2012-07-05T19:18:54Z

Sbb: corrected to say hit CTRL-E

I'm going to try to describe the install procedure used by [http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2010-October/006009.html Tim Newsham] for Unix v6 on the [[PDP-11/40]].

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!.

== Materials ==
I'm going to expect you to have the [[SIMH]] emulator, 3.8-1 or higher, and a Unix v6 tape [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap.bz2/download Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap]

== Tape boot ==
Here we load the bootblock and load up the root partition onto the rk disk file...

First the tboot.ini file:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
d cpu 100000 012700 ; mov #172526,R0
d cpu 100002 172526
d cpu 100004 010040 ; mov R0,-(R0)
d cpu 100006 012740 ; mov #60003,-(R0)
d cpu 100010 060003
d cpu 100012 000777 ; br 100012
g 100000
</pre>

Once this is run, the simulation will 'lock', hit CTRL+E to break the emulation, and then execute the stand alone program to prepare the hard disk. Type in:
<pre>
g 0
</pre>

And the stand alone program will be ready to respond. Here is my install session:
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk1 rk1
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk2 rk2
RK: creating new file
sim> d cpu 100000 012700
sim> d cpu 100002 172526
sim> d cpu 100004 010040
sim> d cpu 100006 012740
sim> d cpu 100010 060003
sim> d cpu 100012 000777
sim> g 100000

Simulation stopped, PC: 100012 (BR 100012)
sim> g 0
=tmrk
disk offset
0
tape offset
100
count
1
=tmrk
disk offset
1
tape offset
101
count
3999
= [## Hit CTRL-E here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 137300 (BGE 137274)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== disk install ==

Here is our dboot.ini for booting from the hard disk:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
dep system sr 173030
boot rk0
</pre>

=== Booting up to single user mode ===
And this will boot us up to the bootloader, to which we just tell it to load the 'unix' kernel.
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tto 7b
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
sim> attach rk1 rk1
sim> attach rk2 rk2
sim> dep system sr 173030
sim> boot rk0
@rkunix
mem = 1030
RESTRICTED RIGHTS

Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to
restrictions stated in Contract with Western
Electric Company, Inc.
#
</pre>

=== Fixing the Terminal ===
The first thing we are going to do with UNIX loaded is set the terminal back to lowercase... Enter the following command in lower case, it'll echo back in upper case, but that's just the way it works.

<pre>
# STTY -LCASE
</pre>

=== Rebuilding the kernel ===
We are going to rebuild the kernel to support the appropriate hardware that SIMH provides. First we must build the mkconf program
<pre>
chdir /usr/sys/conf
cc mkconf.c
mv a.out mkconf
</pre>

With the mkconf program built, we then feed it a basic configuration file. To do this we just run mkconf, then type in the list of devices we want.
<pre>
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
</pre>

And you'll get this:
<pre>
# ./mkconf
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
#
</pre>

Now we can compile the config, and link in the rest of the kernel, and copy it to the root.

<pre>
as m40.s
mv a.out m40.o
cc -c c.c
as l.s
ld -x a.out m40.o c.o ../lib1 ../lib2
mv a.out /unix
</pre>

And to verify, our kernel should be 30kb
<pre>
# ls -l /unix
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root 30346 Oct 10 12:43 /unix
</pre>

=== building device files ===
Now we'll build the device files. Just copy & paste this in.
<pre>
/etc/mknod /dev/rk0 b 0 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rk1 b 0 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rk2 b 0 2
/etc/mknod /dev/mt0 b 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tap0 b 4 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk0 c 9 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk1 c 9 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk2 c 9 2
/etc/mknod /dev/rmt0 c 12 0
/etc/mknod /dev/lp0 c 2 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty0 c 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty1 c 3 1
/etc/mknod /dev/tty2 c 3 2
/etc/mknod /dev/tty3 c 3 3
/etc/mknod /dev/tty4 c 3 4
/etc/mknod /dev/tty5 c 3 5
/etc/mknod /dev/tty6 c 3 6
/etc/mknod /dev/tty7 c 3 7
chmod 640 /dev/*rk*
chmod 640 /dev/*mt*
chmod 640 /dev/*tap*
</pre>

=== Restoring the rest of the OS ===

<pre>
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk1 count=4000 skip=4100
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk2 count=4000 skip=8100
mkdir /usr/doc
</pre>
[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]

=== configure boot ===

I just use cat to append the boot statements for the other disks.
<pre>
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc
</pre>

And I append them like this:
<pre>
# cat >> /etc/rc
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc

</pre>
then hit CTRL+D

=== rebuild the df command ===
To config the df:
<pre>
# chdir /usr/source/s1
# ed df.c
/rp0/d
.-2a
"/dev/rk0",
"/dev/rk1",
.
w
q
# cc df.c
# cp a.out > /bin/df
</pre>

=== check filesystems ===
fsck didn't exist back then... So we run icheck/dcheck.
<pre>
icheck /dev/rrk0
dcheck /dev/rrk0
icheck /dev/rrk1
dcheck /dev/rrk1
icheck /dev/rrk2
dcheck /dev/rrk2
</pre>

=== enable multiser ===
The default /etc/ttys file isn't listening on the serial ports, so we change that by simply editing the file....
<pre>
# ed /etc/ttys
1,8s/^0/1/p
w
q
#
</pre>

=== reboot ===
There is no reboot command so run sync a few times, then Control+E to interrupt and quit the simulator.
<pre>
# sync
# sync
# sync
# sync
# [## Hit CTRL-E here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002502 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye

C:\temp\v6\myv6>
</pre>

== Running normally ==
With the install all done, let's use the following ini file for normal operations.
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set cpu idle
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
attach lpt printer.txt
set dci en
set dci lines=8
set dco 7b
att dci 5555
boot rk0
</pre>

When we fire up the emulator we can then attach on tcp port 5555 for additional users. To boot unix, just pass the name unix to the bootloader.

<pre>

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Listening on port 5555 (socket 108)
@unix

login: root
#
</pre>

It's also worth noting that there is no root password.

Installing UNIX v6 (PDP-11) on SIMH

2012-07-05T19:08:29Z

Sbb: added statement about where to hit CTRL-E

I'm going to try to describe the install procedure used by [http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2010-October/006009.html Tim Newsham] for Unix v6 on the [[PDP-11/40]].

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!.

== Materials ==
I'm going to expect you to have the [[SIMH]] emulator, 3.8-1 or higher, and a Unix v6 tape [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap.bz2/download Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap]

== Tape boot ==
Here we load the bootblock and load up the root partition onto the rk disk file...

First the tboot.ini file:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
d cpu 100000 012700 ; mov #172526,R0
d cpu 100002 172526
d cpu 100004 010040 ; mov R0,-(R0)
d cpu 100006 012740 ; mov #60003,-(R0)
d cpu 100010 060003
d cpu 100012 000777 ; br 100012
g 100000
</pre>

Once this is run, the simulation will 'lock', hit CTRL+E to break the emulation, and then execute the stand alone program to prepare the hard disk. Type in:
<pre>
g 0
</pre>

And the stand alone program will be ready to respond. Here is my install session:
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk1 rk1
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk2 rk2
RK: creating new file
sim> d cpu 100000 012700
sim> d cpu 100002 172526
sim> d cpu 100004 010040
sim> d cpu 100006 012740
sim> d cpu 100010 060003
sim> d cpu 100012 000777
sim> g 100000

Simulation stopped, PC: 100012 (BR 100012)
sim> g 0
=tmrk
disk offset
0
tape offset
100
count
1
=tmrk
disk offset
1
tape offset
101
count
3999
= [## Hit CTRL-E here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 137300 (BGE 137274)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== disk install ==

Here is our dboot.ini for booting from the hard disk:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
dep system sr 173030
boot rk0
</pre>

=== Booting up to single user mode ===
And this will boot us up to the bootloader, to which we just tell it to load the 'unix' kernel.
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tto 7b
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
sim> attach rk1 rk1
sim> attach rk2 rk2
sim> dep system sr 173030
sim> boot rk0
@rkunix
mem = 1030
RESTRICTED RIGHTS

Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to
restrictions stated in Contract with Western
Electric Company, Inc.
#
</pre>

=== Fixing the Terminal ===
The first thing we are going to do with UNIX loaded is set the terminal back to lowercase... Enter the following command in lower case, it'll echo back in upper case, but that's just the way it works.

<pre>
# STTY -LCASE
</pre>

=== Rebuilding the kernel ===
We are going to rebuild the kernel to support the appropriate hardware that SIMH provides. First we must build the mkconf program
<pre>
chdir /usr/sys/conf
cc mkconf.c
mv a.out mkconf
</pre>

With the mkconf program built, we then feed it a basic configuration file. To do this we just run mkconf, then type in the list of devices we want.
<pre>
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
</pre>

And you'll get this:
<pre>
# ./mkconf
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
#
</pre>

Now we can compile the config, and link in the rest of the kernel, and copy it to the root.

<pre>
as m40.s
mv a.out m40.o
cc -c c.c
as l.s
ld -x a.out m40.o c.o ../lib1 ../lib2
mv a.out /unix
</pre>

And to verify, our kernel should be 30kb
<pre>
# ls -l /unix
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root 30346 Oct 10 12:43 /unix
</pre>

=== building device files ===
Now we'll build the device files. Just copy & paste this in.
<pre>
/etc/mknod /dev/rk0 b 0 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rk1 b 0 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rk2 b 0 2
/etc/mknod /dev/mt0 b 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tap0 b 4 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk0 c 9 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk1 c 9 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk2 c 9 2
/etc/mknod /dev/rmt0 c 12 0
/etc/mknod /dev/lp0 c 2 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty0 c 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty1 c 3 1
/etc/mknod /dev/tty2 c 3 2
/etc/mknod /dev/tty3 c 3 3
/etc/mknod /dev/tty4 c 3 4
/etc/mknod /dev/tty5 c 3 5
/etc/mknod /dev/tty6 c 3 6
/etc/mknod /dev/tty7 c 3 7
chmod 640 /dev/*rk*
chmod 640 /dev/*mt*
chmod 640 /dev/*tap*
</pre>

=== Restoring the rest of the OS ===

<pre>
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk1 count=4000 skip=4100
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk2 count=4000 skip=8100
mkdir /usr/doc
</pre>
[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]

=== configure boot ===

I just use cat to append the boot statements for the other disks.
<pre>
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc
</pre>

And I append them like this:
<pre>
# cat >> /etc/rc
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc

</pre>
then hit CTRL+D

=== rebuild the df command ===
To config the df:
<pre>
# chdir /usr/source/s1
# ed df.c
/rp0/d
.-2a
"/dev/rk0",
"/dev/rk1",
.
w
q
# cc df.c
# cp a.out > /bin/df
</pre>

=== check filesystems ===
fsck didn't exist back then... So we run icheck/dcheck.
<pre>
icheck /dev/rrk0
dcheck /dev/rrk0
icheck /dev/rrk1
dcheck /dev/rrk1
icheck /dev/rrk2
dcheck /dev/rrk2
</pre>

=== enable multiser ===
The default /etc/ttys file isn't listening on the serial ports, so we change that by simply editing the file....
<pre>
# ed /etc/ttys
1,8s/^0/1/p
w
q
#
</pre>

=== reboot ===
There is no reboot command so run sync a few times, then Control+E to interrupt and quit the simulator.
<pre>
# sync
# sync
# sync
# sync
# [## Hit CTRL-D here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002502 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye

C:\temp\v6\myv6>
</pre>

== Running normally ==
With the install all done, let's use the following ini file for normal operations.
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set cpu idle
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
attach lpt printer.txt
set dci en
set dci lines=8
set dco 7b
att dci 5555
boot rk0
</pre>

When we fire up the emulator we can then attach on tcp port 5555 for additional users. To boot unix, just pass the name unix to the bootloader.

<pre>

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Listening on port 5555 (socket 108)
@unix

login: root
#
</pre>

It's also worth noting that there is no root password.

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T19:02:48Z

Sbb: corrected where to hit ^D, clarified how to do the final UNIX start after booting.

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk. [## Just hit enter]
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
# DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3. [## Hit enter here, this will take some time before the next line is printed]
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type CTRL-E (^E) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544
# [Hit CTRL-D (^D) here]
RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T18:59:33Z

Sbb: corrected several minor things

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk. [## Just hit enter]
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
# DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3. [## Hit enter here, this will take some time before the next line is printed]
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type CTRL-E (^E) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T18:53:54Z

Sbb: add another "just hit enter" line

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk. [## Just hit enter]
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344 [## hit enter here]
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type CTRL-D (^D) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:40:29Z

Sbb: harmonize the name of ^D with v6; align comments

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344 [## hit enter here]
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type CTRL-D (^D) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:37:51Z

Sbb: Harmonize comment statement with v6

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344 [## hit enter here]
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type control-D (^D) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing UNIX v6 (PDP-11) on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:36:53Z

Sbb: Added explanatory statement about the comment format.

I'm going to try to describe the install procedure used by [http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2010-October/006009.html Tim Newsham] for Unix v6 on the [[PDP-11/40]].

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in literally!.

== Materials ==
I'm going to expect you to have the [[SIMH]] emulator, 3.8-1 or higher, and a Unix v6 tape [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap.bz2/download Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap]

== Tape boot ==
Here we load the bootblock and load up the root partition onto the rk disk file...

First the tboot.ini file:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
d cpu 100000 012700 ; mov #172526,R0
d cpu 100002 172526
d cpu 100004 010040 ; mov R0,-(R0)
d cpu 100006 012740 ; mov #60003,-(R0)
d cpu 100010 060003
d cpu 100012 000777 ; br 100012
g 100000
</pre>

Once this is run, the simulation will 'lock', hit CTRL+E to break the emulation, and then execute the stand alone program to prepare the hard disk. Type in:
<pre>
g 0
</pre>

And the stand alone program will be ready to respond. Here is my install session:
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk1 rk1
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk2 rk2
RK: creating new file
sim> d cpu 100000 012700
sim> d cpu 100002 172526
sim> d cpu 100004 010040
sim> d cpu 100006 012740
sim> d cpu 100010 060003
sim> d cpu 100012 000777
sim> g 100000

Simulation stopped, PC: 100012 (BR 100012)
sim> g 0
=tmrk
disk offset
0
tape offset
100
count
1
=tmrk
disk offset
1
tape offset
101
count
3999
=
Simulation stopped, PC: 137300 (BGE 137274)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== disk install ==

Here is our dboot.ini for booting from the hard disk:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
dep system sr 173030
boot rk0
</pre>

=== Booting up to single user mode ===
And this will boot us up to the bootloader, to which we just tell it to load the 'unix' kernel.
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tto 7b
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
sim> attach rk1 rk1
sim> attach rk2 rk2
sim> dep system sr 173030
sim> boot rk0
@rkunix
mem = 1030
RESTRICTED RIGHTS

Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to
restrictions stated in Contract with Western
Electric Company, Inc.
#
</pre>

=== Fixing the Terminal ===
The first thing we are going to do with UNIX loaded is set the terminal back to lowercase... Enter the following command in lower case, it'll echo back in upper case, but that's just the way it works.

<pre>
# STTY -LCASE
</pre>

=== Rebuilding the kernel ===
We are going to rebuild the kernel to support the appropriate hardware that SIMH provides. First we must build the mkconf program
<pre>
chdir /usr/sys/conf
cc mkconf.c
mv a.out mkconf
</pre>

With the mkconf program built, we then feed it a basic configuration file. To do this we just run mkconf, then type in the list of devices we want.
<pre>
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
</pre>

And you'll get this:
<pre>
# ./mkconf
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
#
</pre>

Now we can compile the config, and link in the rest of the kernel, and copy it to the root.

<pre>
as m40.s
mv a.out m40.o
cc -c c.c
as l.s
ld -x a.out m40.o c.o ../lib1 ../lib2
mv a.out /unix
</pre>

And to verify, our kernel should be 30kb
<pre>
# ls -l /unix
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root 30346 Oct 10 12:43 /unix
</pre>

=== building device files ===
Now we'll build the device files. Just copy & paste this in.
<pre>
/etc/mknod /dev/rk0 b 0 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rk1 b 0 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rk2 b 0 2
/etc/mknod /dev/mt0 b 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tap0 b 4 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk0 c 9 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk1 c 9 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk2 c 9 2
/etc/mknod /dev/rmt0 c 12 0
/etc/mknod /dev/lp0 c 2 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty0 c 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty1 c 3 1
/etc/mknod /dev/tty2 c 3 2
/etc/mknod /dev/tty3 c 3 3
/etc/mknod /dev/tty4 c 3 4
/etc/mknod /dev/tty5 c 3 5
/etc/mknod /dev/tty6 c 3 6
/etc/mknod /dev/tty7 c 3 7
chmod 640 /dev/*rk*
chmod 640 /dev/*mt*
chmod 640 /dev/*tap*
</pre>

=== Restoring the rest of the OS ===

<pre>
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk1 count=4000 skip=4100
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk2 count=4000 skip=8100
mkdir /usr/doc
</pre>
[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]

=== configure boot ===

I just use cat to append the boot statements for the other disks.
<pre>
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc
</pre>

And I append them like this:
<pre>
# cat >> /etc/rc
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc

</pre>
then hit CTRL+D

=== rebuild the df command ===
To config the df:
<pre>
# chdir /usr/source/s1
# ed df.c
/rp0/d
.-2a
"/dev/rk0",
"/dev/rk1",
.
w
q
# cc df.c
# cp a.out > /bin/df
</pre>

=== check filesystems ===
fsck didn't exist back then... So we run icheck/dcheck.
<pre>
icheck /dev/rrk0
dcheck /dev/rrk0
icheck /dev/rrk1
dcheck /dev/rrk1
icheck /dev/rrk2
dcheck /dev/rrk2
</pre>

=== enable multiser ===
The default /etc/ttys file isn't listening on the serial ports, so we change that by simply editing the file....
<pre>
# ed /etc/ttys
1,8s/^0/1/p
w
q
#
</pre>

=== reboot ===
There is no reboot command so run sync a few times, then Control+E to interrupt and quit the simulator.
<pre>
# sync
# sync
# sync
# sync
# [## Hit CTRL-D here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002502 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye

C:\temp\v6\myv6>
</pre>

== Running normally ==
With the install all done, let's use the following ini file for normal operations.
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set cpu idle
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
attach lpt printer.txt
set dci en
set dci lines=8
set dco 7b
att dci 5555
boot rk0
</pre>

When we fire up the emulator we can then attach on tcp port 5555 for additional users. To boot unix, just pass the name unix to the bootloader.

<pre>

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Listening on port 5555 (socket 108)
@unix

login: root
#
</pre>

It's also worth noting that there is no root password.

Installing UNIX v6 (PDP-11) on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:33:58Z

Sbb: add comment about hitting ctrl-d

I'm going to try to describe the install procedure used by [http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2010-October/006009.html Tim Newsham] for Unix v6 on the [[PDP-11/40]].

== Materials ==
I'm going to expect you to have the [[SIMH]] emulator, 3.8-1 or higher, and a Unix v6 tape [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap.bz2/download Unix-v6-Ken-Wellsch.tap]

== Tape boot ==
Here we load the bootblock and load up the root partition onto the rk disk file...

First the tboot.ini file:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
d cpu 100000 012700 ; mov #172526,R0
d cpu 100002 172526
d cpu 100004 010040 ; mov R0,-(R0)
d cpu 100006 012740 ; mov #60003,-(R0)
d cpu 100010 060003
d cpu 100012 000777 ; br 100012
g 100000
</pre>

Once this is run, the simulation will 'lock', hit CTRL+E to break the emulation, and then execute the stand alone program to prepare the hard disk. Type in:
<pre>
g 0
</pre>

And the stand alone program will be ready to respond. Here is my install session:
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk1 rk1
RK: creating new file
sim> attach rk2 rk2
RK: creating new file
sim> d cpu 100000 012700
sim> d cpu 100002 172526
sim> d cpu 100004 010040
sim> d cpu 100006 012740
sim> d cpu 100010 060003
sim> d cpu 100012 000777
sim> g 100000

Simulation stopped, PC: 100012 (BR 100012)
sim> g 0
=tmrk
disk offset
0
tape offset
100
count
1
=tmrk
disk offset
1
tape offset
101
count
3999
=
Simulation stopped, PC: 137300 (BGE 137274)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== disk install ==

Here is our dboot.ini for booting from the hard disk:
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach tm0 dist.tap
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
dep system sr 173030
boot rk0
</pre>

=== Booting up to single user mode ===
And this will boot us up to the bootloader, to which we just tell it to load the 'unix' kernel.
<pre>
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
sim> set cpu 11/40
Disabling XQ
sim> set tto 7b
sim> set tm0 locked
sim> attach tm0 dist.tap
sim> attach rk0 rk0
sim> attach rk1 rk1
sim> attach rk2 rk2
sim> dep system sr 173030
sim> boot rk0
@rkunix
mem = 1030
RESTRICTED RIGHTS

Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to
restrictions stated in Contract with Western
Electric Company, Inc.
#
</pre>

=== Fixing the Terminal ===
The first thing we are going to do with UNIX loaded is set the terminal back to lowercase... Enter the following command in lower case, it'll echo back in upper case, but that's just the way it works.

<pre>
# STTY -LCASE
</pre>

=== Rebuilding the kernel ===
We are going to rebuild the kernel to support the appropriate hardware that SIMH provides. First we must build the mkconf program
<pre>
chdir /usr/sys/conf
cc mkconf.c
mv a.out mkconf
</pre>

With the mkconf program built, we then feed it a basic configuration file. To do this we just run mkconf, then type in the list of devices we want.
<pre>
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
</pre>

And you'll get this:
<pre>
# ./mkconf
rk
tm
tc
8dc
lp
done
#
</pre>

Now we can compile the config, and link in the rest of the kernel, and copy it to the root.

<pre>
as m40.s
mv a.out m40.o
cc -c c.c
as l.s
ld -x a.out m40.o c.o ../lib1 ../lib2
mv a.out /unix
</pre>

And to verify, our kernel should be 30kb
<pre>
# ls -l /unix
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root 30346 Oct 10 12:43 /unix
</pre>

=== building device files ===
Now we'll build the device files. Just copy & paste this in.
<pre>
/etc/mknod /dev/rk0 b 0 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rk1 b 0 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rk2 b 0 2
/etc/mknod /dev/mt0 b 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tap0 b 4 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk0 c 9 0
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk1 c 9 1
/etc/mknod /dev/rrk2 c 9 2
/etc/mknod /dev/rmt0 c 12 0
/etc/mknod /dev/lp0 c 2 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty0 c 3 0
/etc/mknod /dev/tty1 c 3 1
/etc/mknod /dev/tty2 c 3 2
/etc/mknod /dev/tty3 c 3 3
/etc/mknod /dev/tty4 c 3 4
/etc/mknod /dev/tty5 c 3 5
/etc/mknod /dev/tty6 c 3 6
/etc/mknod /dev/tty7 c 3 7
chmod 640 /dev/*rk*
chmod 640 /dev/*mt*
chmod 640 /dev/*tap*
</pre>

=== Restoring the rest of the OS ===

<pre>
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk1 count=4000 skip=4100
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
dd if=/dev/mt0 of=/dev/rk2 count=4000 skip=8100
mkdir /usr/doc
</pre>
[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]

=== configure boot ===

I just use cat to append the boot statements for the other disks.
<pre>
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc
</pre>

And I append them like this:
<pre>
# cat >> /etc/rc
/etc/mount /dev/rk1 /usr/source
/etc/mount /dev/rk2 /usr/doc

</pre>
then hit CTRL+D

=== rebuild the df command ===
To config the df:
<pre>
# chdir /usr/source/s1
# ed df.c
/rp0/d
.-2a
"/dev/rk0",
"/dev/rk1",
.
w
q
# cc df.c
# cp a.out > /bin/df
</pre>

=== check filesystems ===
fsck didn't exist back then... So we run icheck/dcheck.
<pre>
icheck /dev/rrk0
dcheck /dev/rrk0
icheck /dev/rrk1
dcheck /dev/rrk1
icheck /dev/rrk2
dcheck /dev/rrk2
</pre>

=== enable multiser ===
The default /etc/ttys file isn't listening on the serial ports, so we change that by simply editing the file....
<pre>
# ed /etc/ttys
1,8s/^0/1/p
w
q
#
</pre>

=== reboot ===
There is no reboot command so run sync a few times, then Control+E to interrupt and quit the simulator.
<pre>
# sync
# sync
# sync
# sync
# [## Hit CTRL-D here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002502 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye

C:\temp\v6\myv6>
</pre>

== Running normally ==
With the install all done, let's use the following ini file for normal operations.
<pre>
set cpu 11/40
set cpu idle
set tto 7b
set tm0 locked
attach rk0 rk0
attach rk1 rk1
attach rk2 rk2
attach lpt printer.txt
set dci en
set dci lines=8
set dco 7b
att dci 5555
boot rk0
</pre>

When we fire up the emulator we can then attach on tcp port 5555 for additional users. To boot unix, just pass the name unix to the bootloader.

<pre>

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Listening on port 5555 (socket 108)
@unix

login: root
#
</pre>

It's also worth noting that there is no root password.

UNIX Sixth Edition

2012-07-05T17:30:30Z

Sbb: Corrected to say "respectively" not "respectfully"

This was one of the more popular research versions to leave Bell Labs.

{{Infobox OS
| image = v6unix.png
| caption = Logging into a v6 unix system
| name = Unix v6
| creator = AT&T/Western Electric
| current version = v6
| year introduced = 1975
| type = Multitasking, multiuser
| architecture = [[PDP-11]], [[Interdata 8/32]] theoretically portable
}}

== Platforms ==

These are the known platforms to run Unix v6

=== PDP-11 ===
the [[PDP-11]] was the primary platform which Unix v6 was written on. All other v6's can trace themselves back to this version.

=== Interdata 8/32 ===
The [[Interdata 8/32]] was the first port to a 32 bit platform outside of Bell Labs.

=== Intel 80286 ===
There is a port by Szigeti Szabolcs to the [[i286|Intel 80286]] CPU, available in [http://www.tuhs.org/archive_sites.html the Unix Archive] under Other/V6on286. Requires a copy of [[MS-DOS]] to run.

=== i386 ===
There is a 32bit port to the [[i386|x86 cpu]], called xv6 used by MIT for an OS class. http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2006/index.html You can download the source http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2006/src/xv6-rev0.tar.gz

== Folk Lore ==
[[Image:Lions UNIX book cover.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The Lions Book]]
v6 Unix is perhaps famous because of the "[[Lions book]]". [[John Lions]] ( bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lions ) wrote up an excellent disection of the unix kernel, and taught it in his OS classes. The book became *the* guide to the unix internals, and was photocopied over & over...

v6 is also important, because it was the first non AT&T port of unix, when it was ported to the Interdata 32b.

Another thing is that v6 included even more documentation that v5, and also included gems like [[Programming in C -A Tutorial]].

== Games ==
The whole game situation didn't improve that much from v5 to v6.
<pre>
bj
chess
cubic
moo
ttt
wump
</pre>

== How do I get this to run?! ==

Well you'll need a tape image, and an emulator or a PDP-11/Interdata 32b... I'd recommend [[SIMH]] and you can get v6 by looking for uv6swre.zip and iu6swre.zip, PDP-11 and Interdata versions respectively.

*http://simh.trailing-edge.com/kits/uv6swre.zip
*http://simh.trailing-edge.com/kits/iu6swre.zip

See also:

*[[Setting up UNIX Sixth Edition]]
*[[Installing Unix v6 (PDP-11) on SIMH]]
*[[Running Unix v6 in SIMH]]

There is also a great lecture series involving SIMH and v6 which can be found here:
*[http://wwwlehre.dhbw-stuttgart.de/~helbig/os/index.html http://wwwlehre.dhbw-stuttgart.de/~helbig/os/index.html]
*[[xv6 homework 4]]
*[[xv6 homework 5]]
*[[xv6 homework 6]]
*[[xv6 homework 7]]
*[[xv6 homework 8]]

{{stub}}
{{Nav Unix}}
[[Category:Operating Systems]][[Category:PDP-11 Operating Systems]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:22:22Z

Sbb: Add stmt about when to press ^D

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in.

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344 [## hit enter here]
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# [## Type control-D (^D) here]
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:19:39Z

Sbb: add clarifying comment about hitting enter

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in.

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344 [## hit enter here]
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
#
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:18:01Z

Sbb: Add comment about where to hit enter

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in.

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N] [## Just hit enter]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
#
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:16:45Z

Sbb: Added explanatory statement about the comment format.

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

NOTE: Comments at the end of a line of the form:
<pre>
[## Comment]
</pre>
are just to tell you what to do when there is ambiguity; please do not type them in.

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
#
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:12:31Z

Sbb: Added stmt about when to hit return (wasn't obvious to me whether it needed it or whether it was busy for a long time when I did it)

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
#
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544 [## Hit return here]
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]

Installing v7 on SIMH

2012-07-05T17:04:40Z

Sbb: correct root password

This is the procedure I'm using to install [[Seventh Edition Unix|Research Unix v7]] on [[SIMH]]'s [[PDP-11]] emulator.

I'm using the files from [[TUHS]] "/PDP-11/Distributions/research/Keith_Bostic_v7/" directory. I've also uploaded the resulting tape to [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/Install%20tapes/Research%20Unix/Unix-v7-Keith-Bostic.tap.bz2/download here].

If you are going to build the tape then you'll need the [[Mkdisttap.pl#Research Unix v7|mkdisttap.pl]] script to output a v7.tap file.

== Tape Install ==

=== tapei.ini ===
<pre>
set cpu 11/45
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 v7.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

with the config in hand, then let's install.

=== installation ===
<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tapei.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
Disabling XQ
Overwrite last track? [N]
Boot
:
</pre>
I just hit enter to the "Overwrite last track" question, then the bootloader will appear. We are going to load the 3rd program on the tape, mkfs and format the 'a' partition.

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000
file system: hp(0,0)
isize = 1600
m/n = 3 500
Exit called
Boot
:
</pre>
The block size comes out of pre-compiled disk sizes in the kernel. Unix back then wasn't as dynamic as what we like in these modern times...

<pre>
Boot
: tm(0,4)
Tape? tm(0,5)
Disk? hp(0,0)
Last chance before scribbling on disk.
End of tape
Boot
:
</pre>
Once the formatting is complete, then it'll drop back to the bootloader, and we are going to load the 4th program which is the restore program, and we'll restore the root partition.

Now we can boot up UNIX from the hard disk, and setup the OS. The console driver seems to get confused, and echo's everything back in uppercase, however all command are entered in lowercase.
<pre>
Boot
: hp(0,0)hptmunix
mem = 177344
# MV HPTMUNIX UNIX
# RM HP*IX
# LS *IX
RPHTUNIX
RPTMUNIX
UNIX
# RM RP*IX
# CD /DEV
# MAKE RP06
/ETC/MKNOD RP0 B 6 0
/ETC/MKNOD SWAP B 6 1
/ETC/MKNOD RP3 B 6 7
/ETC/MKNOD RRP0 C 14 0
/ETC/MKNOD RRP3 C 14 7
CHMOD GO-W RP0 SWAP RP3 RRP0 RRP3
# MAKE TM
/ETC/MKNOD MT0 B 3 0
/ETC/MKNOD RMT0 C 12 0
/ETC/MKNOD NRMT0 C 12 128
CHMOD GO+W MT0 RMT0 NRMT0
# CD /
# /ETC/MKFS /DEV/RP3 322276
ISIZE = 65496
M/N = 3 500
DD IF=/DEV/NRMT0 OF=/DEV/NULL BS=20B FILES=6
# 202+80 RECORDS IN
202+75 RECORDS OUT
# RESTOR RF /DEV/RMT0 /DEV/RP3
LAST CHANCE BEFORE SCRIBBLING ON /DEV/RP3.
END OF TAPE
# /ETC/MOUNT /DEV/RP3 /USR
# DD IF=/USR/MDEC/HPUBOOT OF=/DEV/RP0 COUNT=1
0+1 RECORDS IN
0+1 RECORDS OUT
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
# SYNC
#
Simulation stopped, PC: 002306 (MOV (SP)+,177776)
sim> q
Goodbye
</pre>

== Tape boot ==
Sadly the rp06 doesn't seem to want to boot... I'll have to troubleshoot it more later, but for now I just boot from the tape, and execute the kernel from the hard disk.

=== tboot.ini ===
<pre>
echo
echo at the prompt type in
echo @ hp(0,0)unix
echo
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
set cpu idle
set rp0 rp06
att rp0 rp06-0.disk
att tm0 xx.tap
boot tm0
</pre>

And let's boot up!

<pre>
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe tboot.ini

PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1

at the prompt type in
@ hp(0,0)unix

Disabling XQ
Boot
: hp(0,0)unix
mem = 2020544
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS: USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE
IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS STATED IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
WED DEC 31 19:02:48 EST 1969

login: root
Password:
You have mail.
#
</pre>

The default root password is 'root'.

[[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]