Subject: Re: SCSI Boot of VS3100/30 yet?
To: Douglas Shannon Meade <inforum@umd5.umd.edu>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/14/1999 21:16:13
> 
> -DKA200
> howto 0x3 bdev0x29, booting .... done (31448+22260)
> >> NetBSD/Vaxboot [98062 19:55] <<
> : 
> 
> Here I typed "netbsd", and my computer said:
> 
> "sdopen: ctlr=0 unit=12 port=8
> bad controller number"
> 
> My basic question, however, is "can the 3100/30 run standalone, and
> if so, what version do I need?" 
> 
Yes, it can, but:
1) You should use the latest 1.4 snapshot.
2) the standalone scsi code does not work, so you must type by hand:
> boot rom()netbsd

to boot from the device you loaded the boot loader.

-- Ragge