1 Apr
2023
1 Apr
'23
7:47 p.m.
One step forward, two back. I was re-reading the manual and found
something about SYSGEN ignoring the SYSVMR.CMD file if you were doing an
"online" SYSGEN versus as offline SYSGEN. I'm presuming the difference
between online and offline is one is in-place (the running system
itself) and the other is targetting a new disk?
Anyway, the Section 5.6.1 provides some instructions for running in
online mode:
ASN (ddu:)=LB:
SET /UIC=[l,54]
INS ddu: $VMR
VMR @SYSVMR
This simply results in a (noting that it's undone my edit to the file)
VMR -- *FATAL*-Cannot have multiple pool or CPU partitions
SET /PAR=SECPOL:*:1000:POOL
Clearly there's a point I'm missing somewhere.
Mark
On 01/04/2023 17:09, Mark Curtis wrote:
Hi All,
I've dusted off my PiDP11/70 running RSX-11M+ (v4.6). Anyway the
"stock" image that came from the PiDP site is not to my taste so I've
been trying to customise it. Nothing fancy just changing the system
name from the standard "PiDP11" to "WITHER". I should stress that I
am
an utter noob and have zero experience with RSX-11 so doubtless I will
use the wrong terms and I know my issues are due to that lack of
understanding.
To make my life easier with SYSGEN I was using the existing answer
files (SYSGENSA1.CMD, etc) and simply editing the items I want. The
trouble is, generating a system with these files is producing a system
image that has a very small secondary pool (SECPOL). That then
produces various errors with commands grumping that there is
insufficient SECPOL....
I have figured out how to expand the secondary pool from the command
line (which prevents any grumping) but I would like to permanently fix
the situation. From the documentation that I've read, and as I
understand it, I should be able to pause the SYSGEN and edit files
manually mid-generation. In this case I should be able to edit the
"SYSVMR.CMD" which is generated at an earlier phase within SYSGEN and
then continue the SYSGEN which will then utilise the file (SYSVMR.CMD)
in one of the later phases . Except, it does not seem to work. Editing
the SYSVMR.CMD file prior to starting SYSGEN clearly overwrites the
changes during an early stage. Pausing the SYSGEN and editing the
SYSVMR.CMD file mid-generation does retain the settings but does not
appear to make any difference to the final image.
By way of a little more explanation. I'm presuming once I've "paused"
the SYSGEN all I need to do is EDT the SYSVMR.CMD file (in other
words, I'm not doing anything further, running any other commands or
what-not). All I'm doing is editing the SYSVMR.CMD file (specifically
the "SET /PAR=SECPOL" line), and restarting the SYSGEN with "UNS
AT.<ESC>".
I presuming I am missing out either a vital step or command or
completely misunderstanding the "set /par=secpol" line.
Any pointers gratefully received
Mark
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