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Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on May 30 2011 04:16 |
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Hi, I'm new to this forum, though I've come across some discussions while looking for answers to SimH and emulated VAX issues.
Recently I tried to port an existing CHARON disk images (system and user) to SimH, and was able to boot successfully and login/shutdown from SYSTEM.
However when I tried logging in as a user [NKT], I encountered this error:
%DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening FACTAM$SYSTEM:[NKT]EFTUSYM.COM; as input
-RMS-F-DEV, error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation
When I tried a DIR command, I got the same error. Can anyone advise me on the possible source of problem? Thank you. |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on May 30 2011 04:37 |
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I almost forgot. The following is the SimH script I used:
et cpu 64m
load -r vax\ka655.bin
set rl disable
set lpt disable
set tq disable
set rq0 ra92
att rq0 mv36sys.dsk
set -L rq1 rauser=8500000
att -e rq1 ate.dsk
set console telnet=23
set xq MAC=08-00-2b-aa-bb-cc
att xq eth0
boot cpu
I use Putty for my console, linking it to localhost via Port 23. The two disk images are:
mv36sys.dsk 1,381,977,600 bytes
ate.dsk 4,290,600,960 bytes
When I did a SHOW DEVICE only the mv36sys.dsk was mounted. The ate.dsk was online.
How do I mount such a large disk image? RAUSER didn't seem to work in my case. |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on May 30 2011 09:30 |
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Most likely, your disk device names have changed. SimH is presenting a DUAn device. Was your Charon device DKA0? Check your VMS start up procedures for physical disk references and change them to match the "new" disk.
Note: Your network device will change as well. You will need to reconfigure DECnet and TCP/IP to recognize the "new" device. |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
martinv2
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| Posted on May 31 2011 00:29 |
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The error message says that the device FACTAM$SYSTEM: references cannot be found.
Possible reasons:
- The logical name FACTAM$SYSTEM isn't defined (check with SHOW LOGICAL FACTAM$SYSTEM).
- The device that FACTAM$SYSTEM resolves to cannot be found.
- The device that FACTAM$SYSTEM resolves to exists, but isn't mounted (not sure about this one).
HTH
Martin
http://de.openvms.org/martinv/ |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on June 04 2011 01:17 |
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Hi Bruce and Martin. Thanks for the replies. I've managed to boot and mount ATE.dsk as DUA1 after I performed a BACKUP/IMAGE to a smaller RA90 disk file which I created.
The problem I faced now is while the mount is successful, SimH doesn't seem to emulate the TXA0 and TXA1 lines, resulting in some part of the boot-up script unable to complete properly and I ended up with the same problem when I issue a DIR command.
Anyone knows how to fix the TXA0 and TXA1 with SimH? Many thanks! |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on June 04 2011 01:26 |
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Below is part of the boot-up messages for your examination:
The VAX/VMS system is now executing the host-specific startup commands.
Mounting RA90
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, ATE mounted on _$1$DUA1: (MV3DN)
Starting laser printer queue ps
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying TXA0:
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
%SET-E-NOTSET, error modifying TXA0:
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
%SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying TXA1:
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
%SET-E-NOTSET, error modifying TXA1:
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
%SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit = 64, current interactive value = 0
4-JUN-2011 14:14:59
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 4-JUN-2011 14:15:01.90 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user DECNET on MV3DN
DECnet event 4.10, circuit up
From node 3.2 (MV3DN), 4-JUN-2011 14:14:56.60
Circuit QNA-0
%STARTVWS-I-NOSTART, SYSGEN WINDOW_SYSTEM parameter precludes VWS startup
SYSTEM job terminated at 4-JUN-2011 14:15:02.29
Accounting information:
Buffered I/O count: 1276 Peak working set size: 659
Direct I/O count: 711 Peak page file size: 3416
Page faults: 10016 Mounted volumes: 1
Charged CPU time: 0 00:00:07.61 Elapsed time: 0 00:00:17.97
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RE: Unable to DIR |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on June 04 2011 08:36 |
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The TXA messages are just warning and should not be interfering with the overall boot process. Define a serial device to create TXA devices:
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; Set up 8 serial ports
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set vh enable
attach vh 10000
You can try a SET NOON in the SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM procedure to ignore errors on boot.
Post your Charon configuration file. |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on June 06 2011 01:46 |
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Thanks Bruce for the reply. My Charon configuration file listing:
set session hw_model="MicroVAX_3600"
set session log="charon.log" log_method="overwrite"
set toy container="charon.dat"
set cpu ace_mode=true
set ram size=128
load virtual_serial_line/chserial OPA0 port=10003 application
="c:\putty\putty.exe telnet://localhost:10003"
set uart line=OPA0
set OPA0 break_on="Ctrl-P, BREAK"
load RQDX3/RQDX3 DUA
set DUA container[0] = "C:\VDISK\MV36SYS.vdisk"
set DUA container[1] = "C:\VDISK\ATE.vdisk"
load TQK50/TQK50 MUA
set MUA container[0]="C:\VDISK\TAPE0.vtape"
load DELQA/DEQNA XQA
load ndis5_chpack_port/chnetwrk XQA0 interface
="3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)"
set XQA interface=XQA0
load DHV11/DHV11 TXA
load physical_serial_line/chserial TXA0 line="COM1:"
set TXA line[0]=TXA0
load physical_serial_line/chserial TXA1 line="COM2:"
set TXA line[1]=TXA1
set bdr boot=auto
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RE: Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on June 06 2011 01:52 |
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The boot-up message for Charon is as follow (in contrast to SimH's shown in my earlier post):
The VAX/VMS system is now executing the host-specific startup commands.
Mounting RA90
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, ATE mounted on _$1$DUA1: (MV3DN)
Starting laser printer queue ps
Staring SYS$BATCH
Set terminals for CS/200
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying DUA0:
-CLI-E-IVDEVTYPE, invalid device type - specify a mailbox device
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying DUA0:
-CLI-E-IVDEVTYPE, invalid device type - specify a mailbox device
Starting TCP/IP
inetload: loading configuration file twg$tcp:[netdist.etc]config.net
inetload: Hardware Model #: 25
inetload: Using key 0-uwi7rbw-jlqk2ir-8xmkxoy
inetload: Loading twg$tcp:[netdist.etc]inet.exe (0x2f200 bytes)
inetload: twg$tcp:[netdist.etc]inet.exe loaded and started at 0x8021f600
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 6-JUN-2011 07:58:40.72 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user INTERNETWORK on MV3DN
Maximum WIN/TCP memory allocation is 256K
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0000010F
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 6-JUN-2011 07:58:51.12 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on MV3DN
enet<->inet: ep0 is XQA with ethernet address aa:0:4:0:2:c
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 6-JUN-2011 07:59:10.54 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user DECNET on MV3DN
DECnet event 4.15, adjacency up
From node 3.2 (MV3DN), 6-JUN-2011 07:59:10.54
Circuit QNA-0, Adjacent node = 3.1 (V785DN)
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000110
*******************************************************
* WIN/TCP Network Started Successfully *
*******************************************************
Starting EFTU logical and installation
Starting up EFTU process
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000111
Starting PMS
%DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of MB$USER has been superseded
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000112
%SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit = 64, current interactive value = 0
6-JUN-2011 07:59:16
%DECW-W-NODEVICE, No graphics device found on this system
-DECW-I-NODECW, DECwindows graphics drivers will not be loaded
%STARTVWS-I-NOSTART, SYSGEN WINDOW_SYSTEM parameter precludes VWS startup
SYSTEM job terminated at 6-JUN-2011 07:59:19.24
Accounting information:
Buffered I/O count: 1841 Peak working set size: 597
Direct I/O count: 1134 Peak page file size: 3416
Page faults: 18213 Mounted volumes: 1
Charged CPU time: 0 00:00:04.69 Elapsed time: 0 00:00:53.74 |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
ngkt2581
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| Posted on June 06 2011 02:56 |
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Hi Bruce, guess what? After implementing the serial port fix you suggested, SimH boots successfully and now I can actually log in as a user and access all the software development environment!
Thanks for your help! Not forgetting Martin, whose presence in the OpenVMS forum has been encouraging... Kudos to you guys!  |
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RE: Unable to DIR |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on June 06 2011 08:53 |
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Very good. I see you were using the RQDX controller in Charon, so my comments regarding disk naming were a red herring. Sorry for that. |
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