From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gregg.drwho8@gmail.com (Gregg Levine) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:25:13 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Bringing up any 4.3BSD on a MicroVAX without tape.... In-Reply-To: <0510190352.AA14346@ivan.Harhan.ORG> References: <0510190352.AA14346@ivan.Harhan.ORG> Message-ID: <18d205ed0510182125t372868abq6f5ed051bf67409f@mail.gmail.com> Hello from Gregg C Levine I have here a DEC VAXstation 3100M76. It is in the same boat as the one Robert is writing about. I know I can install NetBSD/vax on it using the net boot concept. But I'd like to run one of the appropriate distributions from "our" collection. Any suggestions? -- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway." On 10/18/05, Michael Sokolov wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs >