So--does the problem exist with deqna as well?  I plugged one in to try, but
upon restarting the machine the boot disk refused to spin up--but if someone
else has tried, I'd like to know.  

-Mathew

Excerpts from internet.computing.netbsd.port-vax: 30-Mar-98 Re: 1.3
w/delqa problem by "HULBERT JOSHUA"@msoe.ed 
> My goofy workaround for this is to set up a ping every 5 seconds from
> another machine.  It keeps the ring overrun messages away, and the network
> response is decent.  I run a VS3500 with a DELQA netbooted from a Linux
> box.  Since you're booting the machine from a local disk, this may not
> work, but it's easy to try ;)
> 
> On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Mathew Henson wrote:
> 
> >I managed to netboot a uVax 3200--worked great--and install netbsd 1.3, but
> >since booting the machine from the local disk I'm getting 'qe0 ring overrun'
> >errors and worse than slow network response.  This problem didn't exist
> >with the netbooted kernel, nor does it exist under ultrix on the same
> >machine/config.  The interface is a delqa.
> >
> >I scanned the archives and bug database with no luck--any suggestions?
> >
> >BTW netbooting from a linux box with B. Chase's (?) how-to was perfectly
> >painless.  Nice work.
> >
> >-Mathew
> >
> >
>