[Info-vax] OpenVMS 6.2 on SimH hangs on boot

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Mon, 2023-11-13 at 03:32 -0800, Volker Halle wrote:
> try a minimum boot using >>> B/1 and then in SYSBOOT> SET STARTUP_P1
> "MIN"
> This will skip execution of SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM and should allow you to
> log in on OPA0:
> 
> Comment out UCX$STARTUP, reset STARTUP_P1 to "" and reboot.
> 
> Then try to manually execute UCX$STARTUP, if it hangs, you can now
> abort it via CTRL-Y

Thanks, that was most helpful in getting back in. However, I've just
discovered the reason why it wasn't working is that somehow the
ethernet support never got compiled in when it was upgraded some years
ago. Guess I need to fix it and give Gentoo a tongue lashing as this
definitely used to work in the past.
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Tactical Nuclear Kittens