On 2003.08.13 02:32 Robertdkeys@aol.com wrote:

> I wanted also to see if a NetBSD would run on the box,=20
> and tried a NetBSD-1.6 stable from a couple of days ago,=20
Somthing from 1.6-release/stable is what I would recommend at the
moment. I tried -current from late May and it was quite unstable. (NFSD
causes kernel panics.)

> and that just locked up the machine,
> not even getting into the boot.=20
Maybe this machine has a similar system architecture like the MV3100m9x
or VAX4000m100? If yes you need patched boot blocks. Try
http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/mv3100_kern_boot.tar.gz=20
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       Jochen

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