[HECnet] time-critical, need RSX sysgen help

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2015-04-12 03:22, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
>    Hi folks.  I am trying to do a sysgen of RSX11M v4.6 on a PDP-11/34A
> with two RL02s, from the RL distribution.  I'm trying to get a system
> running before VCF-East, for which I'm loading my truck in two days.  I
> also have a lot of other work to do for my exhibit, so the problems I'm
> having with this sysgen are causing me heartburn.
>
>    This is real hardware, not an emulator.
>
>    It is stopping at seemingly random points, the most recent being
> during RSXASM.  At least I'm pretty sure it had stopped at different
> points the first two times I did it.
>
>    I get 'Task "...MAC" terminated, T-bit trap or BPT execution' and a
> register dump.
>
>    This is going to tank a big part of my exhibit.  Can anyone help me
> get past this?  I last did an RSX11M sysgen probably 25 years ago; I
> don't consider myself to be well-versed in this anymore.

That is not an obvious problem. I wonder if you have hardware problems?
The only other "obvious" thing would be memory. How much memory do you 
have in the system, and is something more running at the same time?

	Johnny

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