Get a CD-ROM and use the ISO image of NetBSD.
I did this recently with a MV3100 Model 10.
The install went without a hitch.
The MV3100 uses serial port only, no graphics.
You'll probably need a DEC made CD-ROM drive, 512 byte sectors, rather =
than
the 1024 most others do.
rtt

-----Original Message-----
From: port-vax-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:port-vax-owner@NetBSD.org] On =
Behalf
Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: April 7, 2005 12:03 PM
To: John Tate
Cc: port-vax@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: Installation Help


On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, John Tate wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I am pretty new to the VAX hardware, but I am pretty good with Linux=20
> and BSD (I run a OpenBSD machine for my main server) and I have got my =

> hands on a VAXStation 3100 M38, which is alien hardware to me.

Okay...

> I have
> set it up so I can talk to it via serial port, however it gives me=20
> some weird bootloader 'KA42B' I don't even understand (references?).

KA42B is actually an identification of the CPU you have. You should get =
some
additional stuff printed out, and you should be able to abort the =
booting at
that point to get the "chevron" prompt where you can do some things.

> Nonetheless I was hopeing someone would be able to help me install=20
> NetBSD on it via the floppy drive it has. If I figure out how to boot=20
> it and then do an install across NFS or just FTP straight from the net =

> I should be right, right?

I think the floppy install isn't working. The best bet is network =
booting,
but I seem to remember some problems with that as well. I have an "old"
version of the boot program still around because of this, so that I can =
do
the netboot.

	Johnny

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