This is my (Andru Luvisi's) setup for running 2.11BSD under SIMH.


MANIFEST

  distro/*
    The original files from the TUHS archive (http://www.tuhs.org/)
    under PDP-11/Distributions/ucb/2.11BSD/

  docs/2.11bsd_setup.txt
    The 2.11BSD install manual from the TUHS archive
    under PDP-11/Documentation/

  media/211bsd.tap
    A recreation of the distribution tape created using mkdisttap.pl

  media/root.dsk
    A disk image that boots a kernel with networking and a ram disk.

  211bsd.simh
    The command file for booting SIMH from the root.dsk image.
    "pdp11 211bsd.simh" should boot you into the networked system.

  211bsd.simh.bootstrap
    The command file for booting SIMH from the 211bsd.tap distribution
    tape image.  To create a new system:
      dd if=/dev/zero of=media/newsystem.dsk bs=1024k count=XXXX
      pdp11 211bsd.simh.bootstrap
    Then follow the instructions in docs/2.11bsd_setup.txt

  mkdisttap.pl
    Perl script for generating the distribution tape from the distribution
    files.  To create a distribution tape "./mkdisttap.pl > 211bsd.tap"

  tapadd.pl
    Perl script for putting files into a tape image.  For example, to move
    a folder named "foo" from the host into the emulator, you might:
      (in the host)
      tar cvf foo.tar foo
      ./tapadd.pl foo.tar > foo.tap
      (at the emulator's command prompt)
      attach ts foo.tap
      (inside 211BSD)
      mt rewind
      tar xvf /dev/rmt12
  
  tapcat.pl
    Perl script for extracting files from a tape image.  For example, to move
    a folder named "foo" from the emulator out to the host, you might:
      (at the emulator's command prompt)
      attach ts foo.tap
      (in the emulator)
      mt rewind
      tar cvf /dev/rmt12 foo
      (at the emulator's command prompt)
      detach ts
      (in the host)
      ./tapcat.pl foo.tap 0 > foo.tar
      tar xvf foo.tar


CHANGES FROM THE DEFAULT IN media/root.dsk

  It has the ra boot block installed (as described in docs/2.11bsd_setup.txt).

  The /unix and /netnix files (the default kernel) were built from the 
  configuration file /sys/conf/SYSTEM.  In particular,
    Only ra disks are supported.
    Only ts tapes are supported.
    There is a 1 megabyte ramdisk.
    Networking and the qe driver are enabled.
    It supports a DZ11 with 8 ports.

  The distribution/generic kernel without networking is in /unixorg.  
  This is the one you want to boot from if you botch up the main kernel.

  I have edited /etc/rc to:
    Mount /tmp as a ramdisk and place fsck's temporary file there.
    This stopped fsck from complaining about its temporary file being
    on /.

    Start fewer network services.

  /dev/{mt,rmt}* are ts devices.

  /dev/tty0[0-7] are dz devices

  /etc/ttys starts getty on the 8 DZ11 ports.

  I modified syslogd so that it won't listen to the network.
  See /usr/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/


RUNNING

  Set up SIMH with networking (see the SIMH docs for how to do this).

  edit 211bsd.simh and modify the ethernet address to your liking.

  run: pdp11 211bsd.simh

  When the boot loader offers you a ":" prompt, press return.  It will
  boot into single user mode.  Press ^D.

  Once it finishes booting into multiuser mode, you can log in on the 
  console as root with a password of Hithere.

  For additional logins, "telnet localhost 4000".


CONFIGURING NETWORKING

  In order to configure networking, you will need to edit the files
  /etc/hosts and /etc/netstart.  In /etc/netstart look for "hostname="
  (it's around line 26).