Subject: Re: 5100 & NetBSD
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/05/2001 18:10:30
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 02:02:44AM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> In <20010105172829.A15772@antioche.lip6.fr>
> bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr wrote:
> 
>  :
> > mainbus0 (root)
> > 
> > And that's it. I'm using the install.ecoff kernel.
> > Rom is: KN230 V1.2
> > Any idea ?
> 
> NetBSD-1.5/LAST_MINITE says:
> 
> > Netbooting DECstation 2100/3100 systems will currently hang during
> > the configuration probe just after "mainbus0 at root".  There is
> > currently no binary fix for this, but there is a source patch for
> > compiling kernels in .../NetBSD-1.5/patches/pmax-netboot.diff.
> >
> > After compiling a new kernel with this patch, netbooting 2100 or 3100
> > systems should work properly.
> 
> Does 5100 have the same problem with 2100/3100?

If someone can build me a new kernel I'd be happy to try :)

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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