Subject: Re: anyone care the help with installing OpenBSD on a 4000/300?
To: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
From: John Klos <john@sixgirls.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/02/2002 16:15:34
Hi,

> ok, NetBSD is SOOOOOOOOOOO easy to install on these machines.  it's cake.  i
> love it.  unfortunately i'd REALLY like to play with the Bridging Packet
> Filter stuff, which unfortunately, NetBSD still lacks (AFAIK)

Well, I'd suggest you think about whether having excellent hardware
running with a good OS is more important, or if bridging is more
important.

I'm not sure what your application is, but I might guess that you'd like
to make the VAX do something useful to justify its electrical use?

> trying to install OpenBSD has been a completely painful experience.  i have
> finally managed (after two days of trying) to get OpenBSD to netboot the
> ramdisk miniroot image, and it starts the install process.  but great joy,
> it doesn't see my RF72 at all.

If it were me, I'd get an old Quadra or PC with a few ethernet cards so I
could play with bridging rather than sacrificing an excellent piece of
hardware on an OS that doesn't support VAX very well.

Or is there more to it than just this?

John Klos
Sixgirls Computing Labs
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