Subject: Re: 5100 & NetBSD
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/06/2001 04:10:34
Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> NetBSD-1.5/LAST_MINITE says:
> 
> > Netbooting DECstation 2100/3100 systems will currently hang during
> > the configuration probe just after "mainbus0 at root".  There is
> > currently no binary fix for this, but there is a source patch for
> > compiling kernels in .../NetBSD-1.5/patches/pmax-netboot.diff.
> >
> > After compiling a new kernel with this patch, netbooting 2100 or 3100
> > systems should work properly.
> 
> Does 5100 have the same problem with 2100/3100?

Good catch!  Yes, the 5100 is very similar to the 2100 and 3100.

Thanks Izumi.


Manuel - let me know if you need a kernel compiled up with that patch.

Simon.
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