On Wed, 4 Sep 1996 11:36:36 +0900 
 Onat Ahmet <onat@ohv.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp> wrote:

 > I have a HP340, and want to install the new distribution of
 > NetBSD. In the "INSTALL" file of the new distribution, it is
 > written that the boot ROM must be REV. C or better to be able
 > to load miniroot from the net.

The BOOTROM revision is printed when you turn on the system ... You have 
an hp340, the ROM should be fine ... it's really mostly a warning for 
hp320 users, who often have Rev B. ROMs.

 > Nothing really happens if I press space at boot time either.
 > (not connected to network)

Yah, it'll need to be on the network with an rbootd server running on 
some other machine on the same Ethernet segment.

 > The current operating system is BASIC. I want to get rid
 > of that and start from a blank 170MB SCSI disk. (connected to
 > main box by HPIB)

The installation tools will be able to wipe out HP Basic for you.

 > PS: There is a DIP switch at the back saying "configuration";
 > does anyone know what it is for? It has four switches on it.

I'd really like to know what those switches are, as well.  At least one 
of them sets the "remote" bit on the internal serial port (which enables 
serial console) ... If someone has more info on these, please let me 
know, and I'll get that info on the WWW server.

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