Let me preface my remarks by saying that I do not want to do anything to
divert anyone's energy away from getting NetBSD/pmax fully native as soon
as possible consistent with the realization that even Unix hackers need to
go to the bathroom every so often ... (Herb, ya back yet?).

I wrote:

> I hereby volunteer to collect this information and create a document
> that describes the procedures [ ... ] to get
> NetBSD/pmax running native on DECstations with the help of Ultrix.

dean@fsa.ca wrote:

> I don't believe that it is necessary to have an ECOFF NetBSD kernel ever.

mellon@ipd.wellsfargo.com wrote:

> Bootstrapping by building a kernel with the Ultrix development system
> seems like an unusually painful way to go ...

OK, bad idea.  10-4.

FWIW, the miniroot does not boot on my 5000/25; reason indeterminate (all
I get after the boot command is a 15 second pause followed by an apparent
CPU reset).

So I'm unable to help with this effort unless I go the ECOFF route which
everyone seems to believe is the wrong thing to expend energy on.  Would
somebody with a native-running 5000/25 care to make a miniroot?  I'd be
happy to contribute to this effort, if I only could ...

Terry R. Friedrichsen

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