Re: Help about installing NetBSD on a VAXstation 4000/90 (Cougar)

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

Hi,

Den 2018-04-25 kl. 20:13, skrev Silas:
> Hello guys.
>
> I recently acquired a VAXstation 4000/90 and the first thing I thought 
> about it is that I wanted a NetBSD installation on it.  So I burned a 
> ISO of port-vax (yes, it comes with a CD drive) and started reading 
> the docs.
>
> First, I found documentation very confusing.  The oficial INSTALL 
> notes are not really clear about how to boot NetBSD install and there 
> are other information scattered over the NetBSD website and wiki.  The 
> INSTALL notes doesn't say whether or not it is possible to boot from 
> the CD-ROM (although it says so about tapes and floppies), so I gave a 
> try:
>
>    >>> show dev
>    VMS/VMB      ADDR    DEVTYPE      NUMBYTES   RM/FX   WP DEVNAM  REV
>    -------      ----    -------      --------   -----   -- ------  ---
>    EZA0         08-00-2B-30-A7-AA
>    DKA100       A/1/0   DISK         1.05GB      FX RZZSL   4420
>    DKA400       A/4/0   RODISK       ......      RM     WP CD-ROM  8557
>    ..HostID..   A/0     INITR
>
>    >>> boot dka400
>
>
>    -DKA400
>    >> NetBSD/vax boot [1.11] <<
>    >> Press any key to abort autoboot 4
>    getdislabel: no disk label
>    nfs_open: must mount first
>    3101540+172988 [230120+220271]=0x38da94
>
> (I transcribed information from the terminal, so there can be typos or 
> other errors.)
Terminal - you mean the graphic console?
Not sure if it actually works, I have only used the serial console on 
4000/90.
> I didn't expect it to boot, it starts but it just hangs after the 
> output above and I have to press the machine Halt button to get back 
> to the console again.
>
> After doing this again and again with no success I gave up and tried 
> booting from the network.  In another NetBSD machine, I followed 
> instruction in https://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/netboot/mop.html 
> and started the mopd daemon:
>
>    # mopd -f -d -a
>
> On the VAX machine, I just tried to boot it:
>
>    >>> boot eza0
>
>
>    -EZA0
>
>
>    ?54 RETRY
>
>
>    ?54 RETRY
>
> Nothing happens and, on the other side (the machine running mopd) I 
> just get:
>
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   47 code 08 
> RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   47 code 08 
> RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   47 code 08 
> RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   47 code 08 
> RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   39 code 08 RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   39 code 08 RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   39 code 08 RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    MOP DL 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:1:0:0      len   39 code 08 RPR
>    MOP RC 802.3 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   45 code 07 
> SID
>    MOP RC 8:0:2b:30:a7:aa   > ab:0:0:2:0:0      len   37 code 07 SID
>    (messages repeat)
MOP booting should work just fine, I use it (almost) daily.
Not that I speak MOP but the above looks to me as if the vax is not 
receiving any MOP responses.
> Both machines are connected via a network switch.
>
> Can you help me?
>
> I'm using NetBSD 7.1.2.  I didn't try an older version.
7.1.2 should work just fine.  I can test this myself when I get home in 
a week, currently out traveling.

-- Ragge