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 :)

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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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