On 02/03/1999 20:28:46 Simon Burge wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 23:59:06 +0100  Hanspeter Purtschert wrote:
> 
> > I'm using Linux (Suse 6.0, Kernel  2.2.0) as bootp, nfs and tftps server
> > 
> > in order to boot my decstation 5000/125 over network.
> > 
> > I try to boot (Ultrix 4.5 vmunix) with this command:
> > ">>boot 3/tftp"
> > The decstation gets a correct ip adress and sends a tftp request to get
> > the boot kernel.
> > 
> > Then the decstation stops booting with an error message:
> > "?IO: 3/tftp, a.out (-5)"
> 
> You should be booting an ecoff kernel (netbsd.ecoff) - I dunny what the
> a.out part in the error means.  Does the error occur straight away, or
> after some sort of delay?
> 
> > I think, that the vmunix kernel is to big. But where can I can get a
> > smaller kernel ?
> > I also tried to boot nfsnetbsd.ecoff (NetBSD 1.3.3), which doesn't work.
> > 
> > My decstation has prom revsision KN02-BA V5.7e.
> 
> While not helping, V5.7e is listed as:
> 
> Boots of HP9000/400 HP-UX 9.1, but not SS10/linux
> 
> in the board list (http://www.NetBSD.ORG/Ports/pmax/board-list.html).
> I can't remember where I got the reference...
> 
> If you have a disk in the DECstation and a SCSI controller on your
> peecee you can just dd the gunzip'd diskimage file onto the start of
> the
> disk.
> 
> Simon.

I have the same problem on my DECstation 5000/25 with PROM KN02-CA V2.1a when
trying to boot netbsd.ecoff (1.3.3) or nfsnetbsd.ecoff.

Does this mean the TFTP boot feature is broken?

-- 
Christian Biache <biache@magic.fr>