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From: Hugh Graham <hugh@openbsd.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:05:50 -0800
To: Michael Kukat <michael@unixiron.org>
Cc: BrownM03 <BrownM03@bigpond.com>, port-vax <port-vax@netbsd.org>
Subject: Re: bootblocks for scsi & VAX4000
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In-Reply-To: <3AB65F07.3ABD037B@camaronet.de>; from michael@unixiron.org on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:33:28PM +0000

On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:33:28PM +0000, Michael Kukat wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> BrownM03 wrote:
> > If I have, then I guess that I haven't got the correct bootblocks.
> > My guess is the only way I'm going to be able to make them is
> > to get the compiler running!  (I don't know much about that either)
> 
> I think 4000/10x are not yet capable to boot from the SCSI disk. You
> have to boot with "BOOT /3 EZA0", get the booter and the kernel from
> network, and enter "sd0a" manually, when the kernel comes up. Works fine
> here. Not for daily use, but if it runs, just don't power it off again :)
> 
> ...Michael

We use the same code (Matt's) here and it works fine, so I don't expect
there is a fundamental reason why this shouldn't be possible on NetBSD.


/Hugh

Boot log:

>>>boot dka300
(BOOT/R5:0 DKA300)

  2..
-DKA300
  1..0..


>> OpenBSD/vax boot [Mar 17 2001 09:56:43] <<
>> Press enter to autoboot, or any other key to abort: 0
> boot bsd
changing rpb->unit from 300 to 3
1215688+48720+205680+[87600+101903] total=0x1952cf start=0x80000568
[ using 189507 bytes of bsd a.out symbol table ]
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2001 OpenBSD. All rights reserved.  http://www.OpenBSD.org

OpenBSD 2.8-current (GENERIC) #423: Sat Mar 17 12:32:56 PST 2001
    hugh@odin:/usr/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC
VAX 4000 100 [13000202 03110A01]
cpu0: KA52, ucode rev 2
total memory = 133079040
avail memory = 118673408
using 1650 buffers containing 6758400 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
ibus0 at mainbus0
ze0 at ibus0
ze0: hardware address 08:00:2b:32:5c:6a
device shac at ibus0 not configured
uba0 at ibus0: Q22
vsbus0 at mainbus0
vsbus0: 8K entry DMA SGMAP at PA 0x27000000 (VA 0x8da75000)
vsbus0: interrupt mask 0
dz0 at vsbus0 csr 0x25000000 vec 0x154 ipl 15 maskbit 3
dz0: 4 lines
lkc at dz0 not configured
asc0 at vsbus0 csr 0x26000080 vec 0x148 ipl 15 maskbit 1
asc0: NCR53C94, 25MHz, SCSI ID 6
scsibus0 at asc0: 8 targets
probe(asc0:3:0): max sync rate 6.25Mb/s
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 3 lun 0: <QUANTUM, FIREBALL_TM2110S, 300N> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 2014MB, 6810 cyl, 4 head, 151 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 4124736 sec total
Changing root device to sd0a
rootdev=0x1400 rrootdev=0x3b00 rawdev=0x3b02
Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks.