Hmmm... Did you put a bootstrap on the disk?

I can build a bootable TK50/TK70/CD for you if you tell me what files
you need on it...

clint


On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, M J Dowden wrote:

>      Does anyone have a piece of bootable media (TK50, TK70, CD or old 
> hard disk) that they could sell, rent, loan, etc.? I have tried 
> everything at my disposal to boot my VAX 4000-300, without success, 
> as described below. I believe that post-1.42 -current is needed for 
> that model.
> 
>      Thank you and best regards,
>      M J Dowden
> 
> 
> At 12:40 AM -0400 8/2/2000, M J Dowden posted to comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:
> 
> >     I have a VAX 4000-300 that has no operating system. To install
> >NetBSD/VAX, I connected an external SCSI hard disk to a Macintosh and used
> >the various utilities and installer that you would use to install
> >NetBSD/Mac, but I used it to install NetBSD/VAX (from CD). Then, I moved
> >the hard disk over to the VAX (which has a SCSI to Q-bus adapter).
> >     When I try to boot, there is an error message about file structure.
> >I'm fairly certain that I have a valid NetBSD Root & User Slice 0 with a
> >full installation in it, plus a swap slice.
> >     Also, the VAX thinks the RZ57 hard disk is an RA90. Ideas?
> 
>