Re: Fail. Interrupt loop during install.

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20160313202200.GA25320%mail.duskware.de@localhost>,
Martin Husemann  <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
>On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 09:25:10AM -0400, Mark Kahrs wrote:
>> after futzing around with netboot installation (and, for the record, the
>> existing installation documentation is seriously out of date), I
>> finally got the install
>>  file to boot, only to eventually encounter an infinite loop of :
>
>You are not providing a lot of details, so it is hard to tell what
>your problem actually is.
>
>> This is actual hardware: a 3100 model 38.
>
>Which version of NetBSD are you trying to install?
>
>> The mop bootloader has to be obtained from 1.5 and that ain't right.
>
>Why is that?

I just tried simh from HEAD and the netboot/boot file works fine with mop...

    https://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/netboot/intro.vax.html

....
Performing normal system tests.
40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..
24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..
08..07..06..05..04..03..
Tests completed.
>>>boot xqa0
(BOOT/R5:0 XQA0



  2..
-XQA0
  1..0..


>> NetBSD/vax boot [1.12] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot 0


I did not try to add bootp or nfs so it just hang there...

christos