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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Gunnar Helliesen wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Thomas S. Traylor wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I just aquired a VAXServer 3500 and I'm trying to install NetBSD on it
> > using the June 30 TK50 1.2beta images. Here are the troubles I'm having.
> > 
> > 1. After copying minroot to the swap partition I tell it to boot
> > gennetbsd. It cannot find gennetbsd.  Where is it?  Is it missing from the
> > image that I'm using? (See attached) 
> > 
> > 	Nboot
> > 	: ra(0,1)gennetbsd
> > 	No such file or directory
> > 
> > 
> > 2. If I tell it to boot netbsd instead and then tell it to use ra0* as the
> > root device it panics. (See attached)
> > 
> > I've installed NetBSD on several MVIIs (ka630), so I'm certain that I have
> > the steps down.  Any suggestions? Ideas?  
> 
> I never saw an answer to this question, did I miss anything? The reason 
> I'm asking is that I'm trying to update the FAQ to version 1.2 of NetBSD.

I used an older version of the tk50-file*.  The version I used can be
found at ftp.neurotica.com in /pub/os/NetBSD/old-vaxport-stuff.

> 
> I tried installing (from scratch) using the Oct-23 files in 
> NetBSD-1.2/vax/install/tk50 :
> 
> -r--r--r--   1 root     ftp       262144 okt 23 18:42 tk50-file1-12
> -r--r--r--   1 root     ftp      2097152 okt 23 18:42 tk50-file2-12
> 
> and get _exactly_ the same problems as Thomas. I see from his screendump 
> that the Oct-23 1.2 files include the same 1.2_Alpha kernel as the 
> June-30 files does. Could this be caused by a bug in the kernel?
> 
> My hardware is a uVAX II with 9 MB RAM which has been running NetBSD/VAX 
> 1.1 fine (except from the occasional "page not in pmap" crash) up until 
> today.
> 
> Gunnar
> 
> --
> Gunnar Helliesen   | Bergen IT Consult AS  | NetBSD/VAX on a uVAX II
> Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway        | '86 Jaguar Sovereign 4.2
> gunnar@bitcon.no   | http://www.bitcon.no/ | '73 Mercedes 280 (240D)
> 
> 

--
Thomas Traylor
Thomas.Traylor@mci.com
ttraylor@titan.cs.mci.com
(719) 535-1269


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