Subject: Re: ka660
To: Michael Kukat <michael@camaronet.de>
From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/06/2000 15:01:10
On Sat, 6 May 2000, Michael Kukat wrote:

> Hi !
> 
> On Sat, 6 May 2000, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > I've just got myself a rather strange VAX. From what I've gathered
> > about it, it is a MicroVax II upgraded to 4000/200. Anyway it has a
> > ka660 cpu. This means no go right? I will setup the MOP etc, if there
> > is any chance, as floppies won't work, if I i\understand install notes
> > correctly. But if there is no chance, I just have to learn the VMS
> > 5-something that's on it :-(
> 		
> Hmm. not the correct information. The Support ist just not in the tree at the
> moment. Look at http://www.vaxpower.de/download, get the netbsd-KA660.zip,
> decompress it, and use this kernel and booter with something 1.4-up
> distribution binaries, the box should work.
> 

And it does! Got it to boot the ka660 kernel from an i386 mop etc
server until: "panic: no init". Now downloading 1.4.2 base.tgz.
Kernel seems to see nearly everything, except (as far as I can see
right now) the 8 serial ports.

Thanks!

Is the src for and kernel config file used to make this kernel
somewhere to download? 

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