You could always try installing NetBSD/bebox onto the BeBox on
	a apare disk (if you have one), and using that to netboot the
	vax...

	You can pull any extra memory out of the VX3100 to get it to 16 or
	below for netbooting.

	NetBSD/bebox URL is:
		http://www.cec.co.jp/usr/sakamoto/NetBSD/

		David/absolute

	   Raise your standards and lower your expectations...
	            and we'll get along just fine.

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Olaf Seibert wrote:

> I just aquired a MicroVAX 3100, said to be a model 10. (In any case it
> has a KA-41A and 2 SCSI buses). Currently it has Ultrix 4.1 installed
> on 4 SCSI disks but the installation has been "modified" a lot over the
> years. In other words, it's somewhat of a mess.
> 
> Of course I'd like to install NetBSD on it, but first I'd want it to
> netboot from my BeBox. But even though BeOS is mostly POSIX compliant,
> stuff like mopd (requires bpf), rarpd (requires bpf) and rpc.bootparamd
> (requires rpc) isn't all that easy to port. There is an nfsd but it
> has a portmapper built-in, which probably will conflict with other
> portmappers, should it run.
> 
> Also, it has 32M of memory and I understand that also makes netbooting
> impossible for now.
> 
> So in the mean time I'd like to re-install Ultrix 4.1. I have the install
> media (TK-50 tapes) and almost the full grey wall. What's missing is
> (of course) the Basic Installation Guide and the Advanced Installation
> Guide.
> 
> So for now I have the following questions:
> 
> 1. How to make a safety backup of the install tapes (which are hopefully
> still readable). I assume the tapes consist of sequences of records
> separated by tape marks, and I'd need to know the size and the count
> of these records.
> 2. Will I mess up enormously if I just boot from the first tape and
> blunder along without the installation instructions?
> 
> -Olaf.
> --
> ___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert      D787B44DFC896063 4CBB95A5BD1DAA96 
> \X/ It's not easy having a good time    rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl
>