I've assembled some notes from old manuals and other sources
on the formats used for on-disk file systems through the
Seventh Edition:
http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~norman/old-unix/old-fs.html
Additional notes, comments on style, and whatnot are welcome.
(It may be sensible to send anything in the last two categories
directly to me, rather than to the whole list.)
People,
DO note that the Ethernet operations of SimH heavily depend on the proper
workings AND configuration of a Packet Filter driver for your platform,
so, something like BPF, EFILT, NetFLT or WinPCAP (for Win32). Try running
a test app for that stuff BEFORE trying to run SimH/ENET stuff.. if the
test app works OK, you can start figuring out why SimH/ENET doesn't work
on your system.
I have *three* network cards the drivers of which DO NOT support promisc
mode. Which obviously results in WinPCAP (they're PCI cards under Win2K)
not functioning properly, and, thus, same for SimH/ENET.
--fred
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andru Luvisi [mailto:luvisi@andru.sonoma.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 8:02 AM
> To: gregg(a)levine.name
> Cc: pups(a)minnie.tuhs.org
> Subject: Re: [pups] Boot_Images and the networking activated
> version of
> Simh
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Gregg C Levine wrote:
> > Hello from Gregg C Levine
> > Just out of curiosity, can the boot images stored in the
> folders that
> > are under that name, actually support this new version of
> Simh? That is
> > the PDP-11 emulator. What would be necessary to enable that
> function? It
> > looks as if one of them, is aware of the device, since I believe the
> > image was made on a machine which has the appropriate card
> installed in
> > it, but after that I'm lost.
>
> I would be happy to share mine, but it doesn't work. ;-)
>
> The thing that strikes me as really weird is that I know a guy who is
> running VMS with networking on the simh VAX emulator. As I
> understand it,
> the the VAX and PDP-11 emulators use the same code for the ethernet
> controller.
>
> Andru
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>
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> Truth is hard to find and harder to obscure.
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Hi -
> From: Andru Luvisi <luvisi(a)andru.sonoma.edu>
> I have gotten 2.11 installed on simh, I have it recognizing the simulated
> ethernet card, and everything appears correct except the packets just
> aren't getting in and out. The simh documentation says that the DELQA
> card is better than the DEQNA, but I was unable to get the DELQA (qt)
> driver to recognize the card. When I compiled the kernel to use the DEQNA
There are TWO variants of the DELQA as I recall. One was referred
to as the "turbo" verion (I think it was called the DELQA-YM) and
the if_qt driver was developed and tested specifically for, and only
for, that variant. The normal DELQA and DEQNA should use the if_qe
driver.
> I have configured 2.11BSD with:
> A valid IP address on the network the host is on.
> The same netmask, broadcast, and gateway as the host.
> I am running the emulator as root.
>
> The docs say you won't be able to talk between the host and the emulated
Hmmm, that seems strange. Using P11 I talk between the host (the
machine running the emulator program) and the "PDP11" all the time.
Ah, it has to do with ARP handling I suspect. I know that with P11
it's IP only and thus ARP packets do not traverse the emulated ethernet
card. If that is the case with simh as well then on the PDP11 side
you might have to do what I did and install arp entries for everything
on the local lan with which the PDP11 is going to communicate. That
way the 11 already knows the 'mac' address and does not need ARP (which
doesn't work thru the emulated ethernet) at all.
> machine, so my test for each configuration has been pinging the gateway,
> which I know responds to pings since I can ping it from the host.
Ah, but on the host did you publish an ARP entry so that the host
will arp for the PDP11? I think that is required.
I would tinker around with installing published/proxy arp entries and
seeing what happens.
Cheers,
Steven Schultz
sms(a)2bsd.com
Hello from Gregg C Levine
Just out of curiosity, can the boot images stored in the folders that
are under that name, actually support this new version of Simh? That is
the PDP-11 emulator. What would be necessary to enable that function? It
looks as if one of them, is aware of the device, since I believe the
image was made on a machine which has the appropriate card installed in
it, but after that I'm lost.
-------------------
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I have gotten 2.11 installed on simh, I have it recognizing the simulated
ethernet card, and everything appears correct except the packets just
aren't getting in and out. The simh documentation says that the DELQA
card is better than the DEQNA, but I was unable to get the DELQA (qt)
driver to recognize the card. When I compiled the kernel to use the DEQNA
(qe) driver and set the card up in DEQNA mode, the emulated card and its
ethernet address were correctly detected.
I have configured 2.11BSD with:
A valid IP address on the network the host is on.
The same netmask, broadcast, and gateway as the host.
I am running the emulator as root.
I have attached the DEQNA to the appropriate ethernet card. I can see the
ethernet card go into promiscuous mode when I start the emulator.
I have tested it with SANITY=ON and SANITY=OFF.
The docs say you won't be able to talk between the host and the emulated
machine, so my test for each configuration has been pinging the gateway,
which I know responds to pings since I can ping it from the host.
I have been over both the 2.11BSD docs and the simh docs several times and
as far as I can tell I am doing everything correctly. I would appreciate
any hints that any of you can offer.
Thanks,
Andru
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by occasionally jumping off the Empire State Building.
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Thanks a lot - it works ... I am delighted !!!
----------
> Von: Frank Wortner <frank(a)wortner.com>
> An: Mario Premke <Mario.Premke(a)epost.de>; pups(a)minnie.tuhs.org
> Betreff: Re: [pups] Looking for binary distribution of v7
> Datum: Montag, 18. November 2002 03:59
>
> on 11/17/02 1:24 PM, Mario Premke at Mario.Premke(a)epost.de wrote:
>
> > Nevertheless, mounting the file and boot dl0: leads to the boot-prompt
@
> > After typing unix the boot-prompt appears again - does the kernel have
a
> > different name ?
>
> boot dl0
> @boot <- you type "boot" and press "enter" or "return" in reply
> New Boot, known device are hp ht rk rl rp tm vt
> : rl(0,0)rl2unix <- you type "rl(0,0)rl2unix" and press return
> mem = 177856
> # <- you are now in "single user" mode
> <- press "control-d" to go to multiuser mode
> <- (the normal mode of operation)
> Restricted rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure
> is subject to restrictions stated in your contract with
> Western Electric Company, Inc.
> Thu Sept 22 06:26:09 EDT 1988
>
> login: root <- login as "root"
> # <- Have fun ...
> <- You did make a backup of the disk image before you
started,
> <- right? ;-)
>
> If you want to make things easier, your first command should be:
>
> # cp /rl2unix /unix
>
> Now you will be able to type "rl(0,0)unix" instead of "rl(0,0)rl2unix".
Ps
> and other commands that need to read the system namelist also expect the
> kernel image to be named /unix.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
>
> --
> Frank
>
> "Plez cnoke if an rnsr is not reqid."
> Sign on Owl's Door, "Winnie the Pooh"
>
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on 11/17/02 1:24 PM, Mario Premke at Mario.Premke(a)epost.de wrote:
> Nevertheless, mounting the file and boot dl0: leads to the boot-prompt @
> After typing unix the boot-prompt appears again - does the kernel have a
> different name ?
boot dl0
@boot <- you type "boot" and press "enter" or "return" in reply
New Boot, known device are hp ht rk rl rp tm vt
: rl(0,0)rl2unix <- you type "rl(0,0)rl2unix" and press return
mem = 177856
# <- you are now in "single user" mode
<- press "control-d" to go to multiuser mode
<- (the normal mode of operation)
Restricted rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure
is subject to restrictions stated in your contract with
Western Electric Company, Inc.
Thu Sept 22 06:26:09 EDT 1988
login: root <- login as "root"
# <- Have fun ...
<- You did make a backup of the disk image before you started,
<- right? ;-)
If you want to make things easier, your first command should be:
# cp /rl2unix /unix
Now you will be able to type "rl(0,0)unix" instead of "rl(0,0)rl2unix". Ps
and other commands that need to read the system namelist also expect the
kernel image to be named /unix.
Enjoy!
--
Frank
"Plez cnoke if an rnsr is not reqid."
Sign on Owl's Door, "Winnie the Pooh"
On Nov 17, 21:09, M E Leypold wrote:
>
> Mario Premke writes:
> > Nevertheless, mounting the file and boot dl0: leads to the boot-prompt
@
> > After typing unix the boot-prompt appears again - does the kernel have
a
> > different name ?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Mario Premke
>
> rlunix?
It should look something like this (from my 7th Editon on a real PDP-11):
@boot
boot
: rl(0,0)unix
The "@" is the bootstrap prompt, and the first "boot" is what you type.
The second "boot" is from the boot program itself; the colon ":" is boot's
prompt. "rl(0,0)" is what you type to name the device, unit, and
partition, and "unix" is the kernel name. YMMV if you have a different
kernel. BTW, to shut down an old system like this, you should (as root)
type
# kill -1 1
to stop user processes and return to single-user mode; then type "sync" a
couple of times, to make sure any disk buffers are written out, and then
stop the processor.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Mario Premke writes:
> Thanks a lot !!!
> That was what I was looking for ...
> Nevertheless, mounting the file and boot dl0: leads to the boot-prompt @
> After typing unix the boot-prompt appears again - does the kernel have a
> different name ?
> Thanks in advance
> Mario Premke
rlunix?
Regards -- Markus
Thanks a lot !!!
That was what I was looking for ...
Nevertheless, mounting the file and boot dl0: leads to the boot-prompt @
After typing unix the boot-prompt appears again - does the kernel have a
different name ?
Thanks in advance
Mario Premke
----------
> Von: Bill Gunshannon <bill(a)cs.scranton.edu>
> An: Mario Premke <Mario.Premke(a)epost.de>
> Cc: Gregg C Levine <hansolofalcon(a)worldnet.att.net>; pups(a)minnie.tuhs.org
> Betreff: Re: [pups] Looking for binary distribution of v7
> Datum: Samstag, 16. November 2002 23:34
>
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Mario Premke wrote:
>
> > Hello Gregg, thanks for your immediate response !
> > I recently found the article 'Booting 7th Edition UNIX Images' on the
> > 'vmsnet.pdp-11'-Newsgroups:
> >
> > <--- SNIP --->
> >
> > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/sim/sources/
> > ftp://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/pub/PDP-11-sims/Supnik_2.2d/sources/
> >
>
> Try http://simh.trailing-edge.com
>
> bill
>
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