From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: kdavis@ndx.net (Kirk B. Davis) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:10:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [pups] Problems booting PDP11/40 using vtserver In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <51795.216.103.73.141.1012281009.squirrel@bender.ndx.net> Hmm, tricky. If you send me the 11/40, I'll have look for you :-) Kirk > Hi there, > > I have my PDP11/40 connected to a MicroVAX 2 (running NetBSD/vax > 1.5.2) via serial line and want to boot a 2.9BSD or 2.11BSD using the > vtserver software. > When I toggle in vtserver's boot code, the first file is being loaded > correctly by the PDP. Then, following the instructions in vtserver > documentation, the serial line should be used as a serial console - and > some text should appear! And this is the problem: I don't get any > output. > > When manually sending characters from the PDP, there is no problem. > I've set the serial line characteristics to: > Speed 2400, Character Size 8, Modem Control enabled, and RTS/ CTS flow > control disabled. (I've changed these characteristics in many ways with > stty, but still no success...) > Using a break-out-box, I switched RTS/CTS and DTR/CTS flow control on > and off, forced the CTS line to be on, etc., but it still didn't work. > After successfully loading the bootloader via vtserver, the PDP's CPU > goes into an endless loop. > > So, my question: Does anybody know what's going wrong here? > > Thanks in advance - Michi > > > _______________________________________________ > PUPS mailing list > PUPS at minnie.tuhs.org > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/pups