Hi,
----- Original Message -----
From: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
To: <port-vax@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:39 PM
Subject: Booting MicroVAX 3100/20....stuck at vaxboot


> I am having trouble getting past the NetBSD/vaxboot stage of tape
installation
> on a MicroVAX 3100/20.  The machine is running Ultrix fine.  The TK50 tape
> has a boot.fs image dd'd to the start of the tape followed by a tarball of
> *.tgz.  The system is 1.4.1.  Booting the tape gives the boot loader:
>
> >>> b/3 mkb500                      (tape on UBA0 scsi controller 2 ID 5)
>
> >> NetBSD/vaxboot ........
> >> autoboot message ......
> >
>
> I am stuck at the > prompt.  Help says to boot something.  It sounds like
> it needs a kernel somewhere?  Boot what exactly?  Where is the kernel
> located exactly (in the boot.fs?)?
I have also been there!  I had to do something else:

If you have a floppy, and use miniroot to boot, it is easy to get started.
When I did so, sysinst auto started and it  will let you ftp another
(whatever) computer with all the tar files on it.  NetBSD - Ready - set -
go!

The other option is to netboot.  This is also fun!  But if you dont have
another box with NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux... then you need some extra time to
do it ++.  Have you heard about the "chicken and the egg" problem? ;-)

have fun!
Tommy