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

[Dave Froble]

On 11/13/2023 9:24 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> 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.
>

While it also could be a SimH issue, If I recall correctly, (that's a crap shoot 
these days), without the licenses, the layered products, including networking, 
will not work.

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