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Running CHARON-VAX for Linux

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CHARON-VAX symbolic links

Use the following symbolic link to run different models of CHARON-VAX:

Link name

Emulator to run

mv3k6

MicroVAX 3600

mv3k9

MicroVAX 3900

mv3k196

MicroVAX 3100 Model 96

mv3k198

MicroVAX 3100 Model 98

mvii

MicroVAX II

vs4k90

VAXStation 4000 Model 90

vx3k6

VAXserver 3600

vx3k6_128

VAXserver 3600 (128Mb of RAM is available)

vx3k6_512

VAXserver 3600 (512Mb of RAM is available)

vx3k9

VAXserver 3900

vx3k9_128

VAXserver 3900 (128Mb of RAM is available)

vx3k9_512

VAXserver 3900 (512Mb of RAM is available)

vx4k106

VAX 4000 Model 106

vx4k108

VAX 4000 Model 108

vx4k700

VAX 4000 Model 700

vx4k705

VAX 4000 Model 705

vx6k310

VAX 6310

vx6k610

VAX 6610

vx6k620

VAX 6620

vx6k630

VAX 6630

vx6k640

VAX 6640

vx6k650

VAX 6650

vx6k660

VAX 6660

Running CHARON-VAX emulators

It is possible to run one or several instances of CHARON-VAX at the same time if your license allows it.

In case of multiple instances please note to use only absolute paths and unique names to all the files referenced in configuration file of each CHARON-VAX instance (log, toy clock, nvram files and all the other data such as disk images - all these objects will be discussed later; at this stage just pay attention to the files specified in the configuration file) and to specify only unique for each instance hardware devices to avoid clashing. .

For example:

...
set session log="/charon_instances/first/mv3k6.log"
set toy container="/charon_instances/first/mv3k6.dat"

load RQDX3/RQDX3 DUA
set DUA container[0]="/charon_instances/first/mv3k6_boot_disk.vdisk"
... 

Please refer to the next chapters for more details concerning CHARON-VAX configuration details.

Running from console

Copy required configuration template from "/opt/charon/cfg/" directory to some local file and set correct privileges to that file to be able to edit it:

$ cp /opt/charon/cfg/mv3k6.cfg.template my_mv3k6.cfg
$ chmod 644 my_mv3k6.cfg



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