oldcpu@rogerwilco.org wrote:
> I've just netbooted NetBSD onto a VAXstation 3200 (KA-650) with 5MB RAM and 
> DELQA.  The installation kernel loads and boots, but apparently doesn't detect 
> any network controllers.  When I choose the Configure Network option in the 
> sysinst Utilities menu, it complains that it could not find a network controller 
> in the system.  Of course, the DELQA is there, and working, since it just did 
> the initial MOP/BOOTP/NFS load of the bootloader and the installation kernel 
> itself in the first place.
>
> I tried several versions of the netboot installation kernel: 1.5.3, 1.6.2 (which 
> hangs on boot, BTW), 2.0, and 3.0.1.  Same result each time (excepting v2.0, of 
> course), indicating that no network device was found.
>
> I even pulled the DELQA and tried a known-working DEQNA (see uVAX II below), but 
> see exactly the same results.
>
> This method has worked great in recent days with a MicroVAX II (KA630, 4MB, 
> DEQNA) and a VAXstation 3100 (KA42, 8MB, LANCE).
>
> I have come into a nice collection of uVAXen and I'm trying to get NetBSD loaded 
> just long enough for me to do a 'dd' over NFS as a way to image the original 
> disk's contents before doing anything else.
>
> Any ideas, on what's up with this VAXstation 3200 with NetBSD?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jared
>   

This is just me rambling, but maybe the driver is missing from the
install kernel? If you're netbooting anyway, could you try a generic
and put the root on nfs?

-Tobias