Subject: Re: bootblocks for scsi & VAX4000
To: BrownM03 <BrownM03@bigpond.com>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/19/2001 21:56:39
>> 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 :)
>>
>
> Does the trick (although it doesn't seem like it at first:)
> Excellent!!!
> What sort of info do you/I need to make SCSI bootable?
> (or is this one of those "can of worms" things?:))
Can you give a log of what happens when you try to boot off
SCSI? I don't see anything in the boot blocks that would prevent it.
However, I just updated the VAX boot program to print out when it detects
an unknown boot device type so we can figure out what to fix.
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