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

[Chris Scheers]

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.

If you are still stuck, check your version. SIMH 3.9 for VAX runs 6.2 
just fine.

The SIMH 4.x variant is in many ways a fork of 3.9 and may show issues. 
  It has been several years now, so I hope that 4.x has been 
straightened out, but I haven't tested it in a while.

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