bad@wireless.wdc.net writes:
 > 
 > P.S. I volunteered to be a "guinea pig" to try out installing NetBSD on 
 > my pmax with the new netbootable kernel. However, I never received the 
 > pointer to the installation instructions and the location of the new 
 > netbootable kernel. 
 > 
 > In light of the problems with the installation procedure do you still want me 
 > to try? 

Sorry for the delay; I was hoping to get a chance to try this at least
once myself before inflicting it on anybody else; but since you seem
to be chomping at the bit, I've left some things for you at 
ftp://ftp.isds.duke.edu/pub/Users/gallatin/NetBSD/pmax/diskless/

I've put up a kernel that will boot via bootp/tftp on a DECstation
3100 (as you told me you had) and a 5000/120.  Along with that kernel
is a tar'ed & gzipped copy of the miniroot (so that you don't need to
dd it onto a disk to get started).  Follow the "directions" in the
README file & diskless.cat8 files.

In addition to this stuff, you'll need a binary distribution; you can
get the latest snapshot from
ftp://ftp.dsg.stanford.edu/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/snapshot

Please let me know how you're doing...  I've gotten into single user
mode on a 3100 & and a 5k/120 using this kernel & miniroot, both
hosted from a DECstation running Ultrix 4.3a and from a DECstation
running NetBSD/pmax.  But I haven't tried to go beyond that; Ie, I've
not tried labeling a disk & actually installing from scratch this way.


Drew