> >Progress report on the MVII funzies..... so far nil.....(:+{{.....
> 	[problems snipped]
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I _know_ the DQ696 works on 1.4.1 because I use on in my uVAX III and
> VS3200. Call Bob DeGroy at DLI/Dilog (949) 476-7171 and ask him to FAX you
> the configuration and setup pages from the manual for the 696.

OK, maybe I have some switch settings off.  Can you bounce me the
particular switch settings on your card?  If not, I will see about Bob
at Dilog.  It was running VMS fine, so I am assuming things are OK on it.
I reset the VMS system password to test it out, and it came up OK.  Alas,
that has gotta be the most verbosity laden thing since JCL, so I promptly
nuked it in favor of trying to install NetBSD.
 
> Then use the 'b dua9:' trick to get into the Dilog formatter/tester code
> and reformat and test your hard drive. Note how many sectors it has when
> you do this.

OK... I have run into sector sparing problems on IBM in esdi drives, but
need to check that for sure on the Imprimis.  What I was needing was the
correct incantation to the almighty prom to get it going... b dua9...check.

> >I tried 1.4.1, and it booted, but died horribly, not liking the HD.
> >I then tried relabelling on 1.3.2, just in case that might make something
> >go, and it still died.
> 
> Boot 1.4.1 and pop into user land. You should see the kernel "see" the
> drive as ra0. Make up a disklabel based on the number of sectors in the
> drive and use the disklabel command to write it to the drive. Then go back
> and run sysinstall.

I got as far as getting sysinstall running.  But, it died at the point where
it needed to newfs the usr partition.  Something was off there.  root newfsed
OK.  That would seem to suggest that the label was off somewhat and it could
not find a valid entry for use as the usr partition to pass to newfs.
It went by so fast I could not determine the error exactly.
 
> If you need help creating a label send me email and I'll send you a brief
> tutorial.
> 
> >I am expecting it does not like the ESDI quite well enough.
> 
> Nope, its something else. It is possible your disk is hosed.

That might be.  A LLformat on it may fix that.  It could be that
it has some hosed sectors somewhere.  The basic drive seems to
work.  I  will run the llfmt, tonight, and go from there.

> >> >   g)  Viking VIK/QTO SCSI(?) controller (50 pin header thing)
> >> 
> >> 	Wow! Nice find!
> >
> >On a lark, I tried booting ultrix off scsi cd, but never could figure
> >out any sort of correct device name to use.  
> 
> I guess I wasn't too clear last time. Your SCSI card will *ONLY* talk to
> SCSI TAPE drives. If you have something like an Exabyte 8200 you could hook
> it up and it would show up as MUB0: or MUA0:

OK.  What all kinds of tapes will work on that scsi tape port?  I have
an 8200, lots of 1/4 incher Archives, and that kind of thing, but no
9 tracker reel-to-reel things.....(yet).....

On another lark, anyone got any ultrix 3.2 or whatever the prescribed
version is that are on TK50 tapes, or anyone know how to write a boot
tape for ultrix from a cd on a VS3100?  I think my NBSD 1.3.2 and 1.4.1
tapes are OK, if I can get through sysinstall, without stalling on newfs.

Getting there slowwwwwwwly, at 0.9 vup or something like that.....

> Good luck,

Thanks.... will need some.... rabbit's feet, magickal incantations under
the full moon, etc......(:+}}... all for a slow dinosaur toy..... but
it beats wading through the snow to the bar.....

Bob