Subject: Reading old sun CD on NetBSD 1.4.1 or later?
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/16/1999 10:28:15
I was thinking of making my MicroVAX 3100/20 act as my tftp boot server
so I can bring up some older suntoyz on SunOS (don't laugh, cuz it is
a SparcBook 2 laptop, and it only runs SunOS, period, AFIK).  I got
everything set up and ready to go, then plopped in the CD, and no-readme-cdum.
The cd (RRD42 or Apple Sony types) won't mount anything on NetBSD, yet work
fine in Ultrix.  I have to assume it is something amiss on the NetBSD
end, or my VAXdummyness.....(:+{{...  When the CD is read, it does some
kind of a quick lockup of something then totally crashes into the prom
monitor (machine comes up fine afterward and fscking itself).  I tried
1.4.1 1.4L and 1.4M kernels, all to no avail.  I tried mounting by
ffs, ufs, cd9660, etc., all to no avail.  It just does not want to
handle any types of cd.   The cd types I tried were plain ISO things,
odd sunOS or Ultrix CD's, etc.  Anyone run into this kind of problem, or
anyone know where to look to begin to fix such a problem?  It really
would be nice to get NetBSD VAX to play with the RRD42, properly.
Any insights are appreciated.

Thanks

Bob