On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 LFessen106@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated Tue, 27 Mar 2001  9:16:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, Sridhar Ayengar <sridhar@ikickass.org> writes:
> 
> << 
> I tried two separate genuine DEC RRD42s.
> 
> > > > > would appreciate any help.  Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Can you mount the CD and see if there is indeed a boot.pmax in the
> > > > rootfs of the CD?  The first stage prints the "Can't load ..." message,
> >>
> 
> After trying unsuccessfully to boot a pmax cdrom on 5 different machines
>and varoius cdrom drives, I have come to the conclusion that by far the
>easiest way to install netbsd on the pmax is to use the "helper disk"
>method.  It's quick, easy, and works every single time without any
>hassles.     

hmm.  perhaps we should start collecting lists of prom versions which are
known to either work or not work for cd booting.  I have installed several
pmaxen from CD and its really quite nice, but i've come across one or 2
which didn't boot (same cd and drive which worked on another box).

-Dan