Re: more on proff crash building native

[Brad Parker <brad%heeltoe.com@localhost>]

Anders Magnusson wrote:
>
>NetBSD/vax used this before also; there were a small install filesystem
>that could fit on a TU58 which had three binaries: boot, copy and edlabel.
>They were removed in favour for the more modern sysinst, and all of it worked
>when we switched.

"worked".  how?

>To boot a 11/7xx, the only thing you need is to get boot in some form onto
>the tape or floppy.  If you cannot get objcopy to make an image file of
>boot, convert it to a.out, load it raw and start at address 22.

I have a working boot.

>But, simplest is always to dd the miniroot onto a tape.  Then you can use
>whatever you want (VMB, for example) to boot from it.

I urge you to try to copy and boot any released miniroot (from netbsd
3,4 or 5) on 780.

If you can get it to go and properly install, I am all ears.  I can not.

I do not think it can be done.

-brad