I've received a few replies regarding my floppy booting question.

However, none of the answers work! I've tried again to boot using:

	b dua2    <-- drop into autoboot

The result is a series of error messages as the loader tries to
find several different kernel files:

>> NetBSD/vax boot [June   15 1999  08:01:29] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot 0
> boot netbsd
boot failed: No such file or directory
> boot netbsd.gz
boot failed: No such file or directory
> boot netbsd.old
boot failed: No such file or directory
> boot gennetbsd
boot failed: No such file or directory
>

Is there a problem with the miniroot file, or am I missing
something straightforward?

Has anyone booted the miniroot file using a floppy?

I obtained the file from:

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4/vax/installation/miniroot/miniroot.fs

Any help is appreciated. Thanks again.

--Bill

> At 09:05 AM 6/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I wonder if a kind soul can either help with the following, or
> >provide useful references [None of the FAQ material that I found
> >dealt directly with floppies in detail.]:
> >
> >I'm trying to boot a diskless, networked VS3100/30 using the
> >internal floppy drive. [Once booted, I plan to mount all
> >filesystems via NFS, of course.]
> >
> >I've fetched the miniroot.fs written to a HD floppy disk using:
> >
> >       dd if=miniroot.fs of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync
> >
> >from a linux box. I then insert the floppy into the VS and type:
> >
> >       b/3 dua2
> >
> >and wait. Right away I see the NetBSD/vax boot banner and a
> >prompt to press any key to abort autobooting. I wait again and
> >eventually see a '>' prompt.
> >
> >Isn't there a kernel in the miniroot? Shouldn't it autoboot?
> >
> >I tried manually booting using a large combination of commands
> >most of which look like:
> >
> >       boot netbsd -s
> >
> >What am I missing? I'm sure this is simple, but I've not run
> >NetBSD on other than i386 machines.
> >
> >Thanks for any help,
> >
> >Bill
> >

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