simh and rt11 primer.

From: Kevin Handy <kth_at_srv.net>
Date: Thu Jul 15 13:55:54 2004

Eric Moody wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have wanted a PDP11 for years but currently do not have the space for
>one so I have decided to do the next best thing use simh. I have
>downloaded simh and the rt11 disk image but I am kind of stuck on where
>to go. Does anyone know of any sites or documents available online that
>cover configuration of simh and the installation and use of rt11. I
>have done some messing around and have managed to boot the rt11 image by
>using the commands
>
>at rl0 rtv53_rl.dsk
>
>at rl1 eric_pdp11_rt11.dsk <- This is a file that I intend to do my
>install to. Is that wrong?
>
>Boot rl1.
>
>
>
Your OS in in rl0, and rl1 is blank. Try 'boot rl0' instead.

>
>
>I choose the automatic option but then it wants me to mount a disk in
>dl1 so that it can backup the media. I try to attach dl1 but I get an
>error non existent device. If try to create the disk during the install
>the install just errors out and dies.
>
>
>
>Any help with this will be most appreciated.
>
>Eric
>
>
>
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Received on Thu Jul 15 2004 - 13:55:54 BST