I am trying to update a MicroVAX 3100, running an old NetBSD
1.5.3. Idea was to add NetBSD 9.3 on another disk.
My problem now is, on that 1.5.3 installation, there is no
fdisk, no mkfs, no bsdlabel. I checked the installations tgz
files located here https://archive.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.5.3/vax/binary/sets/,
but these also do not contain these tools. But they are required
to create the partitions and file systems I want to use for
installation.
From where can I get these files to continue my installation of NetBSD 9.3 ?
I am restricted in my options for the installation, I have harddisk, cdrom and maybe floppy(not tested). With cdrom I've already failed, because MicroVAX console boot loader seems to have problems with either the drive or the ISO image containing NetBSD 9.3 I've used (ISO was downloaded from https://ftp.fau.de/netbsd/NetBSD-9.3/iso/NetBSD-9.3-vax.iso )
So my question is, from where can I get or compile 1.5.3
versions of fdisk and mkfs. I saw there is newfs, which may
replace mkfs. But fdisk still seems missing. I saw also in doc a
tool required named bsdlabel, but
there is a tools called disklabel, which may be an older version
of bsdlabel...
Or is there an easier way to do it? Any help welcome
gcc is present on the 1.5.3 installation, so I may be able to
compile from sources, but I am NetBSD starter and do not even
know where the source would come from. The tool pkgsrc is also
not present on the 1.5.3 installation.
(I am a NetBSD beginner. But using Linux for +30 years, so both newbie and old rabbit).
Dennis