Installing v7 on SIMH
This is the procedure I'm using to install Research Unix v7 on SIMH's PDP-11 emulator.
Tape Install
tapei.ini
echo echo at the prompt type in echo @ hp(0,0)unix echo set cpu 11/45 set cpu idle set rp0 rp06 att rp0 rp06-0.disk att tm0 v7.tap boot tm0
with the config in hand, then let's install.
installation
c:\temp\v7>pdp11.exe y.ini
PDP-11 simulator V3.8-1
at the prompt type in @ hp(0,0)unix
Disabling XQ Overwrite last track? [N] Boot
- tm(0,3)
file sys size: 5000 file system: hp(0,0) isize = 1600 m/n = 3 500 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
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
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
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
