Subject: Re: Booting VAX 4000/300
To: Michael Kukat <michael@camaronet.de>
From: Goran Muratovski <gone@marnet.mk>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/21/1999 10:01:18
> Hi !
> 
> On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Goran Muratovski wrote:
> > I got hold of a VAX 4000/300 box that was bitting dust in one of our 
> [...]
> > >> NetBSD/vax boot [Aug 13 1999 20:18:28] <<
> > >> Press any key to abort autoboot
> > ?50 SCB2NDINT, EZA0
> > ?06 HLT INST
> >         PC = 00000D71
> 
> Hmmm, this sounds a bit like a booter not supporting the box correctly.
> Try to get a newer booter, and try it again with it. I could mail you my
> booter, i use to boot the 4000/300 every time. I boot from MOP to continue
> booting from DSSI then. This only works with QBUS DSSI controllers (KFQSA)
> at the moment, but you can connect the internal bus to the controller.
> 
> > your mails (http://www.camaronet.de/download/NetBSD-KA670.zip) 
> > is not available any more.
> 
> This is true. All my current working changes are in the releases, so i
> removed this stuff from my page. The is nothing real current there at the
> moment.
> 
> > I was searching the port-vax mail archives, and I found something 
> > about the ?50 SCB2NDINT problem back in 1997. It has to do 
> > something with overlying the boot.mop code with some interrupt 
> > handler for the EZA device. I could not figure whether it was 
> > resolved or not and how.
> 
> I would say, you don't have an EZA problem, this looks like a timer
> problem.
> 
> I could mail you my booter, if this doesn't work for you, your machine
> must have a defect.
> 
> ...Michael

I would appreciate if you could send me the booter. I'll try it as soon 
as I get it. Otherwise the VAX works fine under VMS and reports 
nothing unusual (here's what it says while booting...)

>>>
KA670-A V3.7, VMB 2.12
Performing normal system tests.
66..65..64..63..62..61..60..59..58..57..56..55..54..53..52..51..
50..49..48..47..46..45..44..43..42..41..40..39..38..37..36..35..
34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..24..23..22..21..20..19..
18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..08..07..06..05..04..03..
Tests completed.
>>>

Thanks in advance,
 --Goran.