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Dan Williamson wrote:

> 
>         I'm still stuck at the miniroot stage and can't get a root up. I
> write the miniroot to TK50 and after booting with the BOOT TK50 I arrive
> at the prompt where I edlabel. After configuring ra81 I reboot and here's
> where I get confused. When I call up 'copy' it appears to write the
> miniroot if I use mt(0,1) as source and ra(0,1,1) as target. I wish to use
> DUA1: as the NetBSD drive and partition 'b' to hold the miniroot which I
> believe translated to ra(0,1,1). If I try mt(0,0) as suggested the tape
> goes off into never-never land and never completes whatever operation it
> appears to be doing during the 'reading...' stage. using mt(0,1) returns
> the correct 'completion' message and requests a reboot. On the next reboot
> from the Boot tape I try everything I can think of to bring up a miniroot
> from tape or from ra(0,1,1) without anything but a 'can't find directory'
> message.

I am assuming at the prompt your are typing ra(1,1)netbsd (unless you are using the
original vaxnetbsd then it was gennetbsd)
ra(0,1,1)netbsd
is the same thing.  If that does not work, copy did not work

Then you have to go thru the boot aggravation again, make sure you do the edlabel
properly (try read vice write and see if it comes up), tehn do the copy and watch
carefully - believe it or not I type stuff worng and the system still gets hosed on
me.  I took a long long lnog time to get the first sys up and now it is almost
easy.
Once you have the label correct, then I suggest you call it names - like terms of 
endearment (you sweet little vax) just to keep anyone with in ear shot confused...I tried 
using other terms and got lots of flack.

If you can, capture your keystroke sequence and post it and maybe we can see a finger flubb 
or a point where the vax is ignoring you.
Oh, my vax gets real upset if the cat sneaks into the vax room.  Nothing to do with static 
but it is my vax and I hate cats too, so my vax picked up my trait!!
jake

> 
> Additionally, as an experiment I wrote the boot file to DUA1: via the DCL
> command copy/contig TK50-file1-12G DUA1: after remounting my DUA1: drive
> as a foreign disk. I could then boot immediately using b/3 DUA1: and
> attempt to get miniroot up but still no luck.
> 
> I'm working with the MINIROOT and BOOT images from ftp.bitcon.no and I
> need to know the ACTUAL sequence of events to bring up the miniroot for
> this image. I'm getting mixed signals in what I should type and what
> should work between the FAQ, the cues within the boot loader, suggestions
> from the list, and the available literature on NetBSD, the Vax port, and
> tech-Install. Can anyone drop me a line with a less ambiguous response
> they know to work with 12G, a 630 uVAX, and TK50 tape drive. I will try to
> furnish you with any and all further info you may need to narrow the
> instructions to bring up the miniroot to one set that is definitive. I
> still can't tell if I've got a problem here or I'm just a little dense and
> have missed something.
> 
> Thanks for those who responded previously.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Dan
> 
> PS - Since I have the miniroot and root images on DUB0: is there an easier
> way to install using VMS 5.2_2? I could easily punch the boot onto the
> drive but after that the operations would require that partition level
> accesses be possible via VMS, no? Any clarification would help.

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