Installing NetBSD 5.0.2 on the SIMH MicroVAX II
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Tape file:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;
# Based on mkdisttap.pl
# ftp://ftp.mrynet.com/pub/os/PUPS/PDP-11/Boot_Images/2.11_on_Simh/211bsd/mkdisttap.pl
#
# $Id: mkdisttap.pl,v 1.1 2006/09/16 23:33:46 kirk Exp kirk $
#
# Based on the example in the HOWTO using dd. Does not work!
# add_file("cat mtboot mtboot boot |", 512);
# Based on the maketape.c program and the maketape.data data file.
add_file("boot.fs", 512);
end_file();
add_file("kern-GENERIC.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("base.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("etc.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("games.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("man.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("misc.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("tests.tar", 10240);
end_file();
add_file("text.tar", 10240);
end_file();
end_file();
sub end_file {
print "\x00\x00\x00\x00";
}
sub add_file {
my($filename, $blocksize) = @_;
my($block, $bytes_read, $length);
open(FILE, $filename) || die("Can't open $filename: $!");
while($bytes_read = read(FILE, $block, $blocksize)) {
if($bytes_read < $blocksize) {
$block .= "\x00" x ($blocksize - $bytes_read);
$bytes_read = $blocksize;
}
$length = pack("V", $bytes_read);
print $length, $block, $length;
}
close(FILE);
}
ini file
set rq0 ra81 set rq1 ra81 set rq2 dis set rq3 dis set rl dis att rq0 ra81.disk0 att rq1 scratch.disk1 att tq0 502.tap att xq 42323 23 boot cpu
boot from tape
boot mua0
VAX simulator V3.8-1 RQ: creating new file Loading boot code from ka655x.bin KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7 Performing normal system tests. 40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25.. 24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09.. 08..07..06..05..04..03.. Tests completed. >>>boot mua0 (BOOT/R5:0 MUA0 2.. -MUA0 1..0.. >> NetBSD/vax boot [1.11 Sat Feb 6 22:37:47 UTC 2010] << >> Press any key to abort autoboot 3
custom installation and deselect *ALL* sets...
The following is the list of distribution sets that will be used.
Distribution set Selected
------------------------ --------
a: Kernel (GENERIC) No
b: Base No
c: System (/etc) No
d: Compiler Tools No
e: Games No
f: Online Manual Pages No
g: Miscellaneous No
h: Test programs No
i: Text Processing Tools No
j: X11 sets None
>x: Install selected sets
set partition sizes...
Free space will be added to the partition marked with a '+'.
MB Cylinders Sectors Filesystem
64 184 131376 /
32 92 65688 swap
0 0 0 tmp (mfs)
338 972 694008 /usr
0 0 0 /var
0 0 0 /home
Add a user defined partition
Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
>Accept partition sizes. Free space 0 MB, 4 free partitions.
Let it continue, and select progress bar... It'll finish quickly then it's time to hit CONTROL+Z when this shows up to drop to a shell.
The extraction of the selected sets for NetBSD-5.0.2 is complete. The system
is now able to boot from the selected harddisk. To complete the
installation, sysinst will give you the opportunity to configure some
essential things first.
+-----------------------+
|>Hit enter to continue |
+-----------------------+
manual intervention
I'm going to only extract the kernel, base & etc in this example... Although you can certainly extract more...
cd /targetroot mt -f /dev/nrmt0 rewind mt -f /dev/nrmt0 fsf 1 tar -xmf /dev/nrmt0 mt -f /dev/nrmt0 fsf 1 tar -xmf /dev/nrmt0 mt -f /dev/nrmt0 fsf 1 tar -xmf /dev/nrmt0
Now we need to make some device files....
cd /targetroot/dev ./MAKEDEV std ./MAKEDEV ra0 ./MAKEDEV pty0
Now we are done, and can let the installer finish. Just type in:
cd /
then hit CONTROL+D
