On Sun, 2026-11-01 22:27:46 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw%lug-owl.de@localhost> wrote: > Hi! > > I neglected automated testing of the ISO images for some months now, > focusing to actually extend my setup quite a lot. When I now started > to clean up my expect script to install a fresh SIMH VM, I noticed > that it ran into a timeout during boot while waiting for SSH keys > being created on the first start. (I'm used to use a readily prepared > disk images with writeable overlays as easily spawnable throw-away > instances.) Booting the disk/VM manually to finalize the SSH hostkey > setup, it seems to be hanging again after: > > Clearing temporary files. > Checking quotas: done. > Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1 > swapctl: setting dump device to /dev/ra0b > Starting virecover. > Checking for core dump... > savecore: no core dump > Starting local daemons:. > Updating motd. > Starting ntpd. ...waiting right here for the SSH script to finalize the missing third host key. After letting it run for quite a loooooonger time than expectee, it finished. I realize that I ran this installation on a different host than usual/before: It was a rented VM instead of my trustworthy (and somewhat aged) build host in the cellar. I expected it to be faster, but it's not, at least not for exactly this workload. So let's continue here: > (The current effort to revive fresh SIMH VMs being installed is due > to my effort to look at the ~ 30 open port-vax tickets, trying to get > as many as possible solved, analyzed, or closed due to being outdated > by now.) MfG, JBG --
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