Subject: Re: VS3100 - 1.6
To: None <ogdenk@expressautoservice.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/16/2003 23:54:50
On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 02:23 AM, Kevin D. Ogden wrote:
> I was tempted to load NetBSD/vax 1.6.1 on my VAXstation but I can't 
> seem to find a MOP image that works for some reason.  I've ruled out a 
> configuration issue on boot server, the 1.5.3 MOP image works fine.  
> Is there one hiding on the FTP server somewhere?

   I've not had any luck with the 1.6 image...the latest I've used 
successfully was 1.5.3, though I must admit I didn't have much time to 
hack on getting the 1.6 image working.

> Another question, how bad is moving to 1.6.1 from 1.5.3 going to 
> affect performance on this crate?  I've only got 16 megs of RAM and 
> it's only about 2.8 VUPS, I think the clock rate is like 12mhz not 
> that that really means squat.

   FYI the VS3100 is clocked at 25MHz...just a nit...

        -Dave

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