The DSR/DTR flowcontrol thing was what was missing from our attempts to
boot NetBSD on our VT1300. Trying to use a terminal with RTS/whatever
flowcontrol gave some... pretty odd results. So here it is, (the first?)
VT1300 booting NetBSD:

>>> b esa0

-ESA0

>> NetBSD/vax boot [980110 22:29] <<
: /netbsd

boot: client IP address: 193.15.54.142
boot: client name: deepspace1
root addr=193.15.54.139 path=/tftpboot/vaxroot
700416+38912+75784 start 0x9c078
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.3 (GENERIC) #1: Fri Jan 16 16:09:22 CET 1998
    ragge@multivac:/usr/hej/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC

realmem = 8257536
avail mem = 5393408
Using 403 buffers containing 412672 bytes of memory.
backplane0 (root)
cpu0 at backplane0: MicroVAX 3100 (KA41)
vsbus0 at backplane0
le0 at vsbus0: address 08:00:2b:23:bf:32
le0: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
probing for SCSI controller at 0x200c0080...
result: 0xffffffff (-1)
unexpected/strange result 0x0 during probe.
probing for SCSI controller at 0x200c0080...
result: 0xffffffff (-1)
unexpected/strange result 0x0 during probe.
device ncr at vsbus0 unsupported
probing for SCSI controller at 0x200c0180...
result: 0xffffffff (-1)
unexpected/strange result 0x0 during probe.
probing for SCSI controller at 0x200c0180...
result: 0xffffffff (-1)
unexpected/strange result 0x0 during probe.
device ncr at vsbus0 unsupported
boot device: le0
nfs_boot: trying RARP (and RPC/bootparam)
nfs_boot: client_addr=0xc10f368e
nfs_boot: server_addr=0xc10f368b
nfs_boot: hostname=deepspace1
root on 193.15.54.139:/tftpboot/vaxroot
Clock has lost 10256 day(s) - CHECK AND RESET THE DATE.
root file system type: nfs

Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks.
mount: /: unknown special file or file system.
setting tty flags
starting network
hostname: deepspace1
domainname: frungy.se
configuring network interfaces:.
add net default: gateway 193.15.54.129
swapctl: adding 193.15.54.139:/tftpboot/swap as swap device at priority 0
starting system logger
checking for core dump...
savecore: no core dump (no dumpdev)
starting rpc daemons: portmap.
starting nfs daemons: nfsiod.
creating runtime link editor directory cache.
checking quotas: done.
building databases...
clearing /tmp
updating motd.
standard daemons: update cron.
starting network daemons: inetd.
starting local daemons:.
Sat Jan 10 12:30:25 PST 1970
Jan 10 12:30:26 deepspace1 init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1


NetBSD/vax (deepspace1) (console)

login: root

Jan 10 12:30:35 deepspace1 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON console
Jan 10 12:30:35 deepspace1 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON console

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California.   All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.3 (GENERIC) #1: Fri Jan 16 16:09:22 CET 1998

Welcome to NetBSD!

Terminal type? [unknown] vt100

Don't login as root, use the su command.
deepspace1# 


Oscar

PS. Doesn't seem to have a SCSI controller.. Anybody know where we could
get one and what we could expect to pay for it?