Subject: Re: I didn't get very far (TK50 boot)
To: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
From: David <david@mono.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/15/1996 13:05:18
are you using `b/3 mua0' rather than `b mua0'
(Apologies if you mentioned this in your previosu message - I
must have deleted that :)
David/abs (david@mono.org)
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On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Gunnar Helliesen wrote:
> 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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