Thank you very much Vince.
On Sun, 26 Feb 2023, 3:48 pm Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk, < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2/25/2023 10:46 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > > Hi Vince, > > > > Could you please point us to the Makefile which "actually converts a disk > > image" using SIMH to "automate the ritual of unistalling RK05 drivers and > > replacing them with SerialDisk drivers"? > > Ah, I seem to have misspoken. Inspecting the Makefile in .../installer, > it still runs the executable "handler_installer", which is the older > tool that more or less just hammers a new system handler and bootstrap > into place. > > The script for the new installer is "sdsk". This sets up a path for the > tools, copies the newest driver binaries into the exploded disk image > (while padding them to an even block length), then imploding the > exploded directory and making a new bootable RK05 image. > > Then "runbuild" is invokes, which in turn invokes SIMH and sends a > series of commands to BUILD.SV to remove various other drivers and > install the "SDSKSY" and "SDSKNS" drivers copied above. Finally, the > "BOOT" command is given to write the new second stage (and third stage) > bootstrap. The self-modified BOOT.SV is also saved as BUILT.SV. > > Sorry for the confusion. > > If you don't want to use diagpack2, SDSK.md is helpful, but basically > you need to edit the line: > image=diagpack2 > in the sdsk script, and to have previously copied in your starting > image, and run ../tools/os8xplode on it. SDSK.md also contains > information about the need for "perl", "socat", and "expect" and to get > them (on Linux, anyway). > > Oh, and the SIMH initialization file (pdp8.ini) is also firing up the > server program, so you need to tweak that to make your "foo.new" > available to the SIMH serial emulation. That script used to also > require a functioning xterm, but it doesn't any more. If you have xterm > and want to see the server log in real time, there are lines there to > invoke ../server/server the other way, and you can un-comment that and > comment out the bash line. > > Once you've done all the above, it suffices to just type "pdp8" in that > directory and your new system should boot in SIMH. > > Hope that helps, > > Vince > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 2:34 AM Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> ... > >> > >> The one I use most uses the SIMH simulator to automate the ritual of > >> uninstalling RK05 drivers and replacing them with SerialDisk driver. > >> The Makefile there will actually convert a disk image, and you could > >> just swipe the default one once it's been made. > >> > >> > >
