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Chris,

I will try it. 

Thanks for your help.

Steve

On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:

> > I try to install NetBSD on DEC 3000/400. We are using DEC 3000/400 as VAX
> > machine now.
> 
> What, do you mean it's running VMS?
> 
> 
> > I ftp binary files from gate.dec.com to a UNIX machine. Could
> > anyone give me some hint about how to install it on DEC 3000? 
> > Should I make new file system?
> 
> You don't actually say which binary files you have.  Depending on
> which set of binaries you have, the process will be slightly
> different.  However, there's a 'README' files that should have been in
> the same place as the binaries that tries to describe the process.
> 
> 
> The process ends up being something like:
> 
> put the disk image (with dd) on the a SCSI disk.
> 
> attach that disk to the 3000/400.
> 
> set the 3000/400 up to use a serial console (connect a cable from the
> serial console port on the back of the machine to another system which
> can be used, e.g. via tip, to drive the serial console).
> 
> boot the 3000/400 from the disk.
> 
> That should get you to a single-user prompt.
> 
> 
> at that point (depending on the instructions in that README), you
> should edit the disklabel of the disk (using 'disklabel') so that it
> contains a swap partition of reasonable size (probably close to the
> amount of RAM you have).  You should also create data partition(s) to
> fill the remaining space on the disk.
> 
> Then you have to edit the network configuration files, the minimal set
> of which are described in the README.
> 
> 
> 
> chris
> 

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