As Curt Sampson wrote...
> 
> On ftp.netbsd.org, in
> 
>     /ftp/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.3_ALPHA/alpha/19971105/install13_ALPHA.fs.gz
> 
> you'll find my first cut at a boot/install floppy image. It should
> have all of the tools you need to do an install. Don't attempt to
> use the install scripts yet, however; they're broken.
> 
> Even if you do nothing else, if you've got a floppy drive please
> just boot this disk on your system and let me know if it works.

And of course I could not resist:

>>> b dka600
INIT-S-CPU...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ... 
AUDIT_CHECKSUM_GOOD
AUDIT_LOAD_BEGINS
AUDIT_LOAD_DONE


NetBSD/Alpha Primary Boot
Jumping to entry point...

NetBSD/Alpha Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9
(root@pyrrhon.cynic.net, Tue Nov 11 07:56:37 PST 1997)

VMS PAL revision: 0x100010530
OSF PAL rev: 0x20123
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: I

Loading netbsd...
open netbsd: No such file or directory

Loading netbsd.gz...
3723376+351544 [85]

Entering netbsd.gz at 0xfffffc0000300f30...

NetBSD does not yet support system type 6 (ST_DEC_2000_300).

panic: platform not supported
halted.


?05 HLT INSTR
  PC= FFFFFC00.00300140 PSL= 00000000.00000006

>>>

Looks clean to me.

Wilko
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