Subject: Re: Problems booting a DECstation 5000/125 from HDD
To: Andreas Kotes <count@linux.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/31/1999 22:22:05
Adding to the FAQ now :)
David/absolute
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Andreas Kotes wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Andy Doran wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Andreas Kotes wrote:
> >
> > > now I got one of the beasts up and running, and installed to harddisk via
> > > network. Now it doesn't boot from disk :(
> > >
> > > when I say 'boot 3/rz2a/netbsd' it says '?DEV: 3/rz2a', when I say 'boot
> > > 5/rz2a/netbsd' it directly gives me the prompt again ..
> >
> > Use '3/rz2/netbsd' instead of '3/rz2a/netbsd' and it should boot. Use '-a'
> > (autoboot) if you want to go multiuser.
>
> This did it, thanks, Andy! :) Again, something for the FAQ, I think...
>
> the Count
>
> btw, anyone willing to sell 8 MB SIMMs (MS01-CA or KTV5000/16) or a
> PMAF-F? I would have some use, and the lowest price I found for a pair of
> 3rd party MS01-CAs was $75 a pair :(
>
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