Subject: Re: Trouble with VAXServer 3100
To: Bruce Lane <kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/08/1999 20:52:16
> 	NOTE: This IS NOT A VAXSTATION. When I say 'VAXServer,' I definitely mean
> 'VAXServer.'
> 
> 	I'm sorry to shout, but every time I've inquired about the beastie in the
> past it has been mistaken for a VAXStation 3100. The difference appears to
> be that this box is larger, and has a bunch of serial ports built in. Other
> than that, it appears to use much the same internals.
> 
> 	Now, on to my question: I'm trying to get NetBSD 1.4/VAX to install. The
> system has a TZ30 tape drive and two SCSI hard drives, and uses the KA41
> CPU. I'm using the same TK50 cartridge that saved my tail when installing
> to my MicroVAX III.
> 
The simple but unpleasant truth is: SCSI tapes isn't supported in the
boot program. You have to netboot your machine to install NetBSD on it.
Sorry.

-- Ragge