Subject: Re: (Micro)VAX 4000/200 bootblocks
To: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
From: Michael Kukat <michael@camaronet.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/08/2000 07:20:53
Hi !

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:
> > As in my situation it was the easiest way, I installed 'manually' the
> > latest snapshot (19991115 IIRC), after netbooting my 'new' VAX (dmesg
> > below) and using the kernel for ka660 up for download at
> > www.vaxpower.de/download/.
> 
> Actually there are much later snap shots, one from april of 2000. See 
> ftp://ftp.neurotica.com/pub/os/NetBSD/vax/1.4x-24APR00/

But this doesn't have the KA660 support in it, i think. And the soures i used
were the last tarballs, which i found to be compileable, except the bootblock,
i didn't get it fixed for compiling.

> > Netbooting and installing works alright. I do not seem to be able to
> > get bootblocks written to the disk though. Well none that work.

I use my 4000/300 by getting the booter via MOP and telling it
boot ra(0)netbsd
to continue. The system is on disk, the booter comes from the network. Works
very fine this way. Disk is a RF71 on a KFQSA.

...Michael

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