Brian D. Chase writes:
> 
> I'm just back from a `grep' expedition of the port-vax mailing list.
> Unfortunately I've returned empty handed.
> 
> I've got two questions, I'm hoping they've got easy answers.
> 
> [1] Does anyone have a comprehensive list of console commands for the
> MicroVAX II?  I found one on port-vax for the VAXstations 3100's but I
> didn't see anything for the MicroVAX II.  I'm primarily concerned with
> obtaining information about the installed devices.  Other useful things
> would be determining the physical memory size and hardware ethernet
> address of my DEQNA card.

The console commands for the MicroVAX II are a subset of the commands
available for 3100, the "KA630-AA CPU Module Users Guide" mentiones:
	- "X"		(binary load and unload)
	- "BOOT"	
	- "CONTINUE"
	- "DEPOSIT"
	- "EXAMINE"
	- "FIND"
	- "INITIALIZE"
	- "HALT"
	- "REPEAT"
	- "START"	(same as DEP into PC and CONT)
	- "TEST"	(valid args are 3..7 and B)
	- "UNJAM"

There's no way to get information about installed devices or
memory-size from the console commands directly.

> [2] Is it possible to netboot a MicroVAX II?  If yes, how do you do it?  I
> saw the question raised of few times in port-vax but I never came across
> any answers.  I did noticed an example of someone booting from either
> floppy disk or tape and nfs mounting their root filesystem, but I'm
> actually interested in booting right from the network using MOP.

In prinicple it's possible to netboot a MicroVAX II, but NetBSD's current
netboot/mopboot binary doesn't hold a standalone driver for the DEQNA.
The netboot/mopboot image get's transferred via mop without problems,
but then then problems start, since this image doesn't know how to
use the DEQNA for the next boot-phase.
In other words: Nobody has written this standalone qe-driver yet and
without this driver it won't work. 

> If netbooting isn't an option, my MVII does have a TK50.  It's just that I
> don't have any way to create my own TK50 boot tape.

At the moment i see two options:
- write a standalone qe-driver ;-)
- attach some spare 5.25" floppy drive from a PC to your MicroVAX II and 
  use the RX33-images to boot the machine.

Ciao,
	bertram