[Info-vax] How far away is first boot ?

[clair.grant@vmssoftware.com]

On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 6:16:15 AM UTC-4, clair... at vmssoftware.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 12:55:24 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > I am curious how far away VSI thinks first boot probably now is.
> > 
> > Is it hours/days/weeks/whenever John fixes the Macro-32 compiler ? :-)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Simon.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> > Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world
> 
> No idea.
> 
> We had a big set back thinking the system disk was mounted when it really wasn't. After a long slog of over a week, that is fixed now. Running in 64bit space continues to bring out the need for a change now and then. And, yes, compiling the MACRO32 code will always be challenging, enough said. As Mike points out, we can do a bunch of stuff in DCL but the acid test of
> 
> $ DIRECTORY DMM0:[SYS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]
> 
> is not there yet, currently looking into mode changes and access issues ultimately affecting AST delivery.

OK, you sharp-eyed people have caught a typo in my command. It is, indeed, VMS$COMMON. Of course, I never type it when debugging anyway, just a cut/paste from my notepad.

CGXF4C+XQP

FFFF830000000000,8;X
FFFFFFFF.80000200-4000,9;X

X9+1C958/0
X9+1C960/0
X9+1C968/0


FFFFFFFF.81677720,0;X
X8+10ADB6D0,0;X
X8+10BC04B0,1;X
X8+1075B6E0,2;X
X8+10C327B0,3;X
X8+10BE4770,4;X
X8+10759640,5;X
X8+109B5E60,6;X
X8+10B782D0,7;X
X8+10BE5560;X


X0 = AST_DELIVERY_MON
X1 = DISPAT
X2 = XSWIS_SS_MON_0
X3 = RM0SETDID
X4 = INIFCP
X5 = KERNEL_PROCESS_MAGIC_X86_MON
X6 = SYSQIOREQ_MON
X7 = ACCESS

dir dmm0:[vms$common.sysexe]