Jochen,

no problems at all with OpenBSD 3.1 on this system. It boots from harddisk
und runs perfectly.
(Echt cool! :-) The fastest small VAX, I've ever seen.

[After installation, the 2nd (and further) reboot(s) take only 60 secs (from
console >>>BOOT up to login:). I know, this is not a measure for
performance, but just to get a clue...]

> To get the dist on the disk is easy:
> disklabel, newfs, mount, untar, installboot, a bit of vi /etc/rc.conf,
> done.

Hugh gave me the hint, to use "bsd.rd" instead of "bsd". The RAM disk kernel
starts the installation script automatically. The rest was magic.

I really would like to get NetBSD on this system. I have at least 2 spare
disks :-)


/ Hilmar.


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: port-vax-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-vax-owner@netbsd.org]Im
Auftrag von Jochen Kunz
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2002 08:30
An: Hilmar Böhm
Cc: port-vax@netbsd.org
Betreff: Re: Netbooting MV3100-96 - Problem


On 2002.06.12 23:16 Hilmar Böhm wrote:

>  As I'm not a developer (and therefore have never
> dealt with CVS and -current things), I probably have to wait until the
> 1.6 release.
Please give the BETA / ALPHA releases a try, so that errors can be
ironed out bevore the release. And to stay -current is no big deal.
There are docs on http://www.de.netbsd.org/ that will give you advice.

> (Btw.: OpenBSD 3.1 loads from the diskless server onto the MV3100-96
> and runs. (But, I couldn't find the program/script to install the
> system from> CD-ROM distribution after that. Bad luck.))
OpenBSD may have the same problem with that machine like NetBSD: Can't
boot from disk. But you can load the kernel via network and continue to
boot from a local disk. To get the dist on the disk is easy:
disklabel, newfs, mount, untar, installboot, a bit of vi /etc/rc.conf,
done.
--



tschüß,
         Jochen

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