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If CHARON-VAX based virtual system needs to be created from scratch, refer to this Application Note describing how to find proper Qbus addresses and Vectors for each virtul virtual device.

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Collecting information about the source VAX system

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>>>show device
UQSSP Disk Controller 0 (772150)
-DUA0 (RZ23)
-DUA1 (RZ24)

UQSSP Disk Controller 1 (760334)
-DUB2 (RZ25)
-DUB3 (RZ26)

UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500)
-MUA0 (TK50)

UQSSP Tape Controller 1 (760444)
-MUB3 (TK50)

Ethernet Adapter 0 (774440)
-XQA0 (08-00-01-02-D3-CC)

 
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The source VAX configuration in this example is:

ControllerAddressDevices on controller
RQDX3772150-DUA0 (RZ23)
-DUA1 (RZ24)
RQDX3760334-DUB2 (RZ25)
-DUB3 (RZ26)
TQK50774500-MUA0 (TK50)
TQK50760444-MUB3 (TK50)
DHQ11760520 
DHQ11760500 
DESQA774440-XQA0

To find out the exact types of controllers please refer to documentation on the source VAX system.

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Creation of CHARON-VAX configuration file

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# First RQDX3 controller on address 772150 with addition of 3 units: a disk for VAX/VMS, storage disk and CD-ROM drive
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load RQDX3/RQDX3 DUA address=017772150
set DUA container[0]="/my_disks/rz23.vdisk"
set DUA container[1]="/my_disks/rz24.vdisk"
set DUA container[2]="/my_disks/new_vms_system.vdisk"
set DUA container[3]="/my_disks/backup_storage.vdisk"
set DUA container[4]="/dev/cdrom"

 
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Create an empty disk image for installation of VAX/VMS and another one for storing backups from the source VAX system:

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Restore backups to CHARON-VAX disks

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