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

[David Turner]

So once the issues are fixed and The Show Directory command works, is it 
plain/plane sailing from here?
DT


On 5/8/2019 9:13 PM, clair.grant at vmssoftware.com wrote:
> 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]
>