Re: Netboot on Vax

[Anders Magnusson <ragge%ludd.ltu.se@localhost>]

David Brownlee skrev 2014-01-03 17:47:
> On 3 January 2014 16:32, Matthew Whitehead <mwhitehe%redhat.com@localhost> 
> wrote:
> > Team,
> >    I'm pretty sure the MOP boot program hasn't worked for a long while. The 
> > latests I could get to netboot on a MicroVAX-II is 3.1.1. I think the MOP boot 
> > program needs to have its ELF header stripped.
> >
> > The problem with using the old 3.1.1 boot is that it doesn't recognize the newest 
> > kernels. It complains "Boot failed: Inappropriate file type or format".
> I was using the netboot mop program from 6.x on a VAXstation 4000/90.
> I wonder if there is something in the newer versions that older
> machines can't grok?
Sounds likely.   I assume it may have something to do with load or 
relocation addresses.

-- Ragge