Subject: Re: BBoot NetBSD/pmax from a tape drive?
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/07/1996 15:45:12
On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> >  Is it possible to boot NetBSD/pmax from a tape drive?  If so, how
> >painful would this be?
>
> hi,
>
> i never ported the 4.4bsd tape bootblocks to NetBSD, as I've never
> had a tape to try booting off.   If someone wants to give me
> (or some other volunteer) a tape drive, it can be made painless.

Jonathan,

If you want to borrow a TK50, the one with the funky square tapes, we have
one we're not using which you could borrow. Complete w/ Dogbert saying
"Out! Out!Demons of stupidity!"

:-)

Take care,

Bill