Well, I thought I would give an update. I decided to
check the basics, and found that although the floppy
connector was attached to the floppy drive, the power
plug was not, don't know how that happened, must have
wiggled loose in transport.

So I got the floppy working, but will explain new
install issue in new topic.

Sorry, for the email, I guess I should have checked
the simple things first instead of assuming it was a
config or command problem.

Steve
mowestusa@yahoo.com

--- mowestusa <mowestusa@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I sent the last message before I finished.
> 
> As mentioned before:
> I have a Digital Server 5305 6533A. It is using
> Console V5.3-1.
> 
> I have switched it to SRM, and given the command at
> the prompt:
> 
> P00>>>B DVA0
> 
> It reboots doing memory test, CD blinks a number of
> times, hard drives blink once, and floppy light
> never
> turns on nor do I hear it being accessed. Then
> message
> comes back:
> 
> CPU 0 booting
> (boot dva0.0.0.1000.0 -flags 0)
> failed to open dva0.0.0.1000.0
> 
> P00>>>
> 
> 
> I have tried the command "show device", and I get
> this
> as part of the report back:
> 
> polling floppy0 (FLOPPY) PCED-XBUS hose 0
> dva0.0.0.1000.0    DVA0    RX23
> 
> 
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I hope that I'm just
> entering a command incorrectly. Thanks for any help
> that can be given, I would really like to get netbsd
> installed and give a second life to this old server
> that is more than what we need to meet our needs in
> a
> file server.
> 
> Steve
> mowestusa@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 
>  
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