VMS 5.5x

edited March 2020 in Product Comments

VMS 5.5x

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  • The 5.5-2H4 CD image worked just fine on 3 physical VAXen I have.

  • I was able to get VMS 5.5-2H4 to install onto simh from the iso here. I copied the iso file into the current directory and disabled most things to keep things simple. I know next to nothing about vms but I was able to figure it out -the hardest part was figuring out the name of the save_set to restore from. Here's the simh ini file I used:

    #---install.ini:
    set ts dis
    set tq dis
    set rl dis
    att nvr nvr.ram
    cpu 64m
    set cpu idle=vms
    set rq0 ena
    set rq0 ra92
    set rq1 ena
    set rq1 cdrom
    set xq ena
    att rq0 rq0-ra92.dsk
    att rq1 "VMS 552h4 VAX.iso"
    att xq nat:
    boot

    #The save_state file on cd is: VMS2H4055.B
    #restore it with:
    #BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY DUA1:VMS2H4055.B/SAVE_SET DUA0:
    #As per section 3.3 of http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/vax/vms/5.5/AA-NG61D-TE_VMS_5.5_Upgrade_and_Installation_Nov1991.pdf
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