[Info-vax] Locally mount vms volumes in Linux

[Henry Crun]

On 26/02/11 14:17, Ulrich Bellgardt wrote:
> On 26.02.2011 11:49, gregor.oelze wrote:
>
>> I was able to access a terminal port via telnet. There is an option in
>> simh to enable a
>> telnet-server which connects to a seriel port on the system(?).
>>
>> There is a version of kermit installed in the vms 5.x system which was
>> set in server
>> mode. Then, on the ubuntu host i could start ckermit, connecting via
>> the telnet
>> command - but it was not able to establish a connection. Afaik, this
>> is just possible
>> with an ethernet based - telnet connection. Or was this just a failed
>> configured setup?
>
> What exactly did you try to establish a connection, and how did this
> fail?
> I have just verified that I can start ckermit on my Ubuntu box, connect
> this using telnet to the emulated Vax (simh is running on this ubuntu
> box), start kermit on the simh Vax, set this kermit to server mode,
> then switch back to the ubuntu ckermit and transfer a file using the
> "get" command. The opposite direction, move something with the "send"
> command to the emulated vax fails: it starts the transfer but
> eventually hangs, without further error message, and no file fragment
> shows up in the target directory.
>
> But at least transferring some file(s) from the emulated vax to the
> host running simh should be possible.
>
> The only non-default setup bit I used to establish the connection was
>
> C-Kermit>set telnet Wait-for-negotiations off
>
> but then
>
> C-Kermit>telnet 0 15000
>
> did the trick. (I have simh configured in the way that it listens on
> TCP port 15000)
>
> -Uli
I think the OP couldn't start TCP/IP due to a license prob, therefore no success 
with telnet
... or I may just be having a senior moment.... again.

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