NetBSD Bob wrote:

>Thanks for the great info Antonio.  I would love to get a BSD up on it,
>NetBSD if possible, but, if nothing else, then Ultrix.  Unfortunately,
>when I boot an Ultrix CD on it (B DKA400), it reads the CD, boots the
>kernel, then jumps to the start point and freezes.  I saw that McGuire
>or someone else in the group has had the same problem, a couple of years

The chances are that Ultrix was never supported on this box. Ultrix
support for the later VAXstations (such as the VAXstation 4000
series for example) was spotty to non-existent.

If you have the SPD for the relevant version of Ultrix you
could read it to see whether it should support this box.
Until someone suggests that Ultrix should run, I would assume


>Any insights, or suggestions are appreciated.  This critter would
>make an excellet NetBSD box, someday, maybe, IFF I can at least get
>some *nix up on it for starters.  With the 4 big SCSI bays up top,
>and all the cabling intact for same, it gets around the horrid DSSI
>disk problems of later VAXen (expensive, hard to find, etc.).

At least with NetBSD you have the sources and you can
fix it - assuming you can find the relevant technical
info. As I said before, all I have that I can find is
a service guide.

Antonio