> On Apr 20, 2019, at 12:56 AM, Matt Burke <m...@9track.net> wrote: > > On 20/04/2019 01:13, Zane Healy wrote: >> Very exciting! Especially the InfoServer support, and potentially very >> timely for what I am planning to do this weekend. Does the InfoServer >> simulation support backing up a system disk on a VAX or Alpha to InfoServer >> tape? Actually does it even support tape? >> https://www.itec.suny.edu/scsys/vms/ovmsdoc073/v73/6017/6017pro_051.html#info_ex >> >> Also, I assume I need to use the images found here? >> ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms/freeware/infoserver/freeware_readme.txt >> >> Thanks, >> Zane >> > > There is some preliminary support for SCSI tape but only basic reading > commands have been implemented so far. You could backup to an InfoServer > disk though. One other thing to take note of is that I've found the > LANCE Ethernet to be a bit slow compared to real hardware. This might be > because the operating system does not notify the controller when there > are new packets to be transmitted. Instead the controller has to check > for new packets on each poll interval. This can result in a delay up to > 20mS between packets whereas on real hardware it's more like 2mS. > > Yes, the images from the freeware are the ones you need. It's been a > while since I last did the installation but I seem to remember something > about devices having to be at specific SCSI IDs. I'll have to experiment. > > Matt
So far I’ve been trying ‘vax412’ with the various images at DKA0 and DKA100 (the two drives listed when you do a “SHOW BOOT” from the ROM prompt. At this point I fear a sample .ini file may help. :-) Looking at the strings at the beginning of each disk, I’m starting to wonder if any are actually bootable. I see that a couple say "is not a system disk”, and the rest say “IS_KEY_DISK”, so I’m wondering if any are bootable, even though it seems like I should be using InfoServer/VMS V3.5 (ag-r7lfa-bs.img), which says, "IS_V35 is not a system disk”. Zane _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
