Installing 4.1c BSD on SIMH - Revision history

Alec v: /* Restoring the usr slice */

2017-08-07T14:30:35Z

‎Restoring the usr slice

2017-08-06T06:29:58Z

‎Restoring the rootdump

2017-08-06T06:29:25Z

‎Enabling remote users

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‎Requirements

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‎Requirements

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‎Preparing for installation

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‎Preparing for installation

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‎Preparing the disk

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‎First Multiuser Boot

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 === Restoring the usr slice ===
-The disk's /usr slice will not have been formatted.  We can not go ahead and mount it, and restore the /usr files.  Then we unmount the slice, and run fsck to make sure everything is ok.
+The disk's /usr slice will not have been formatted.  We can now go ahead and mount it, and restore the /usr files.  Then we unmount the slice, and run fsck to make sure everything is ok.
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-Unfortunatey, xtr script is broken in the 4.1c BSD, so enter commands manually.
+Unfortunatey, <code>xtr</code> script is broken in the 4.1c BSD, so enter commands manually.
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 # newfs ra1a ra81

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 === Enabling remote users ===
-You can add the following lines into the boot.ini (just make sure they are above the boot command or it'll not work correctly..).  This will allow for 8 users to connect on tcp port 8888.
+You can add the following lines into the boot.ini (just make sure they are above the boot command or it'll not work correctly..).  This will allow for 8 users to connect on tcp port 30023.
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 *A compiled binary of '''vax780''' from [[SIMH]] (use <code>make vax780</code> to build '''vax780''').
-You will need the following files from Bitsavers archive from the 4.1 directory.  I have used the files:
+You will need the following files from Bitsavers archive from the UCB_CSRG directory.  I have used the files:
 * [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/bits/UCB_CSRG/4.1C_BSD_1of2.zip 4.1C_BSD_1of2.zip]

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 *A working zip tool to extract .zip files
 *A method of extracting the boot file from either the binaries (tar/gzip) or [[uudecode]] to extract it from [[boot42|here]].
-*A compiled binary of '''vax780''' from [[SIMH]], along with the vmb.exe again from [[SIMH]].
+*A compiled binary of '''vax780''' from [[SIMH]] (use <code>make vax780</code> to build '''vax780''').
 You will need the following files from Bitsavers archive from the 4.1 directory.  I have used the files:

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 This is the procedure that I have used to install [[4.1_BSD|4.1c BSD]] onto [[SIMH]]'s vax 11/780 emulator.
 == Requirements ==
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 *A working zip tool to extract .zip files
 *A method of extracting the boot file from either the binaries (tar/gzip) or [[uudecode]] to extract it from [[boot42|here]].
-*A compiled binary of vax780 from [[SIMH]], along with the vmb.exe again from [[SIMH]].
+*A compiled binary of '''vax780''' from [[SIMH]], along with the vmb.exe again from [[SIMH]].
 You will need the following files from Bitsavers archive from the 4.1 directory.  I have used the files:

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 == Preparing for installation ==
-Extract these .zip archive files. You will get a prepared .tap files (a SIMH tape images) and  a folder with "bursts". This is just a binary images extracted from tape. We need a 4.1c BSD '''miniroot''':
+Extract these .zip archive files. You will get a prepared .tap files (a SIMH tape images) and  a folder with "bursts". This is just a binary images extracted from tape. You need a 4.1c BSD '''miniroot''':
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 % unzip 4.1C_BSD_1of2.zip

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   extracting: 4.1C_BSD_2of2/burst/00002
    inflating: 4.1C_BSD_2of2/label.jpg
 % cp 4.1C_BSD_1of2/burst/00001 miniroot
 % file  miniroot

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- Edit a ra81 disk definition. Early 4.x BSD mounted /dev/xx0h partition as /usr .
+Edit a '''ra81''' disk definition and add an extra space to '''h''' partition. Early 4.x BSD mounted /dev/xx0h partition as /usr (not /dev/xx0g).
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 WARNING: should run interleaved swap with >= 2Mb
 Automatic reboot in progress...
-Fri Aug  5 12:06:24 PDT 1983
+Fri Aug  5 16:21:49 PDT 1983
-/dev/rra0a: 286 files, 3341 used, 4088 free (16 frags, 509 blocks)
+/dev/rra0a: 286 files, 3340 used, 4089 free (17 frags, 509 blocks)
-/dev/rra0h: 3070 files, 43919 used, 233458 free (282 frags, 29147 blocks)
+/dev/rra0h: 3070 files, 22774 used, 339086 free (190 frags, 84724 blocks)
-Fri Aug  5 12:06:26 PDT 1983
+/dev/rra0g: 2 files, 9 used, 77750 free (14 frags, 9717 blocks)
 local daemons: telnetd ftpd tftpd syslog sendmail.
 preserving editor files
 clearing /tmp
-standard daemons: update cron accounting berknet mail printer.
+standard daemons: update         Fri Aug 5 16:21:54 PDT 1983
 starting network: rshd rexecd rlogind rwhod routed.
-Fri Aug  5 12:06:27 PDT 1983
+Fri Aug  5 16:21:54 PDT 1983
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