i've got a DEC 3000/300LX with an RZ26L that is blank (was used as swap since
this machine was a cluster booted VMS box)

i've also got a Sun box (SPARCclassic X) running NetBSD 1.5 with a 4mm Python
tape drive hanging off of it.  so i followed the directions (this is how i got
NetBSD on the sun box in the first place, so i've been through the process once
already) in the install doc and got everything i needed onto a 4mm tape to boot
and install the alpha from.  sadly it didn't work, and this was the result:

>>> show dev

  BOOTDEV      ADDR      DEVTYPE    NUMBYTES     RM/FX    WP    DEVNAM      REV
  -------      ----      -------    --------     -----    --    ------      ---
  ESA0         08-00-2B-96-3B-FD , TENBT
  DKA300       A/3/0     DISK         1.05GB      FX            RZ26L       440C
  MKA400       A/4/0     TAPE                     RM            Python      4ASB
 ..HostID..    A/7       INITR



>>> boot mka400
INIT-S-CPU...
INIT-S-ASIC...
INIT-S-MEM...
INIT-S-NVR...
INIT-S-CXT...
INIT-S-SCC...
INIT-S-NI...
INIT-S-SCSI...
INIT-S-ISDN...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ... 
AUDIT_TAPE_BBLOCK

? T_ERR_SCSI - SYSTEM/DEVICE_ERROR

  84 FAIL
         
>>> 

what do i need to do to get this to work?  i guess i could netboot it but that's
always such a pain in the ass (altough it would probably work by now) and i
wanted to do the taoe install if possible.

thanks!!

-brian