On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Gunnar Helliesen wrote:

> Nboot
> : /netbsd
> No such file or directory
> : /netbsd
> Unknown error: code 12
> : /netbsd
> Unknown error: code 12
> :

[....]

> I wrote the tape on a VMS 6.1 system using a SCSI TK50.

[....]

> Is this the "writing boot tapes on VMS doesn't work" problem, or is it 
> something else?

I'll answer that myself:

It's not. I finally bit the bullet and moved the TK50 to an Ultrix 
system. I copied the files using dd:

dd if=tk50-file1-10a of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=512
dd if=tk50-file2-10a of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=512

Still the same problem when booting. What am I doing wrong?

Gunnar

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