Hi -
> From: Bill Gunshannon <bill(a)cs.scranton.edu>
> Well, the fun continues. I guess it's not going to be as simple as
>
> When I try to build a custom kernel I get this:
>
> cc -O -DKERNEL -DUOFS -I. -I../h -S ../sys/kern_clock.c
> /bin/ed - < SPLFIX kern_clock.s
> ?
> ?
> ?
> ?
> ?
> ----------------------
> And the "?" go on forever. Can't even break out of it. Have to
> kill the simulation and start all over. Anybody run into this??
I have an extremely vague memory I might have seen it eons upon
eons ago but I might be imaginging it.
> Seems to be in the clock code. Is there something I might have
Hmmm, '?' is "ed"s error indication. I wonder if the '?' is
coming out of ed and not SIMH?
> missed in the CONFIG file that could cause this?? All I basicly
Not at this stage of the build - a config file error wouldn't allow
the first few compiles to succeed and then start causing errors
on kern_clock.c
One thing I did notice though was the use of 'ed' - that tells me
the patchlevel of the system is very low (i.e. old). 'ed' was
replaced with 'sed' which sped things up a _lot_ - and that took
place back around #325 in 1996.
Have you tried P11 instead of SIMH? When I'm too lazy to fire up
the 11/73 I use P11 to do the testing/patching and so on. It's a
bit a pain to configure (really arcane configfile syntax) but it works
very well - never had a problem with it.
Good Luck.
Steven Schultz
Does anyone know if there is a command like 'top' for 2.11 BSD?
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It seems to me it's time to go back to basics:
Tell us what happens if you do
ls -l /dev/rl2a
and, if that file exists (as seems likely),
od /dev/rl2a
Diagnosing a problem of this sort solely by the mutterings
of the mount command is a bit like trying to decide what
is causing your back pain and therefore how to treat it
by the tone of your voice when you say `ouch.' (Hmm,
perhaps I have just invented a lucrative new paramedical
discipline, on a par with chiropractic and cold-laser
therapy and homeopathy and software consulting.)
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
