Subject: Re: More VS2000 booting problems
To: Jacob Ritorto <jritorto@sparcy2.geneva.edu>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/01/1997 16:11:51
>
> > So, if you talk about LILO being Enhanced, specify first, what exactly
> > you are talking about. The Bootselector? (Do we need one on VAX?) The
> > bootloader itself? (Now, I'm pretty sure we don't need it...) The
> > configuration program?
>
> Don't forget about that uVII quirk that won't let it boot SCSI
> unless it's a TK tape. I think we need a selector & floppy primary boot
> to allow correct device selection for machines without ST-506-era disks.
>
You mean VS2000? It should "just work" with the current configuration
if you set your rom to boot from floppy with B/20 (use compiled-in rootdev)
then a kernel with root on sd0 should use sd0. Easy :-)
-- Ragge