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From: msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG (Michael Sokolov)
Subject: [TUHS] Bringing up any 4.3BSD on a MicroVAX without tape....
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 05 03:52:49 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0510190352.AA14346@ivan.Harhan.ORG> (raw)

robertdkeys at aol.com wrote:

> The problem is that it won't install boot blocks that work.
> None of the raboot/rdboot/bootra/bootrd combos get
> any farther than the cryptic "loading boot" message.

The "loading boot" message comes from the bootblock code and indicates
that the bootblocks are good and working.  If it stops there, it means
that you are missing the /boot file in the root filesystem (that's what
it's loading).

MS



             reply	other threads:[~2005-10-19  3:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-19  3:52 Michael Sokolov [this message]
2005-10-19  4:25 ` Gregg Levine
2005-10-19 17:28 ` robertdkeys
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-10-21 12:31 Jose R Valverde
2005-10-20 16:57 Michael Sokolov
2005-10-20  7:36 Aharon Robbins
2005-10-20 15:04 ` robertdkeys
2005-10-21  7:52   ` Jochen Kunz
2005-10-15 15:49 [TUHS] Ancient unixes Gregg C Levine
2005-10-19  3:00 ` [TUHS] Bringing up any 4.3BSD on a MicroVAX without tape robertdkeys

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