Subject: New to VAX
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Ian Harding <iharding@pakrat.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/25/2000 20:18:32
I have just become the proud owner of a MicroVAX 3100 m10 (I think).  It

was apparently upgraded to an RZ25L disk and a TZK10 tape drive.  It has

VMS 5.5-2 on it.  I would like to put NetBSD on it.  I have purchased a
  CENTRECOM MX20T TWISTED PAIR MICRO TRANSCEIVER that I am hoping will
let me connect it to my network.  I also inherited a copy of Reflection
VMS 2.0 which I am hoping will allow me to get talking to it.   I have
Linux and W98 machines on the network.

As I understand it, I need to get the NetBSD images burned onto a
bootable media, or boot via NFS netboot.

Do I have what I need to get started?  If not, Is there anyone out there

who would be willing to put the images on a tape (or tapes) for me?  I
think I can figure out the install process, it's just the networking
part I am not sure I will be able to make happen with VMS running on it.

Thanks in advance...

Ian