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Problem Solved:

For those of you that helped, thanks.

Here's the steps you need to generate a NetBSD boot tape from VMS, you
will need TWO TK50 tapes for this.

First, initialize both the tapes using the following command:

	$ INITIALIZE/ERASE MUA0: ""

Now, the "/ERASE" really isn't necessary, but it can't hurt either and
who knows what was on the tape.  The "" writes a blank label and I don't
know if it makes any difference.

Now take one of the tapes you just initialized and label it as the
"boot" tape and mount the tape as "/FOREIGN" with a block size of 512
using the switch "/BLOCK=512".  So the MOUNT commands looks like:

	$ MOUNT/FOREIGN/BLOCK=512 MUA0:

Now copy the file "TK50-FILE1-10A.;" to the tape.

	$ COPY TK50-FILE1-10A.; MUA0:

Dismount the "boot tape".

	$ DISMOUNT/UNLOAD MUA0:

And now label the other tape you initialize as "mini-root" and place it
in the tape drive and mount it as you did with the "boot" tape.

Once that is mounted, copy the second file to the tape just like you
did the first.

	$ COPY TK50-FILE2-10A.; MUA0:

Dismount the second tape and reboot the machine.  Place the "boot" tape
in and boot with it.

- From here follow the instructions in the "INSTALL" file UNTIL you get
to the "copy" program.  When you boot the "copy" program and it comes
up asking for the source device, unload the "boot" tape and load the
"mini-root" tape and continue on as normal.

I'm researching the reason for needing two tapes, but it seems to work
and I find that more used machines come with VMS loaded than a Unix
file system.

If anyone has any questions, please e-mail me and I'll see what I can do.
I don't know much about Unix, but I do know VMS and I can help their.


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