From: bqt@update.uu.se (Johnny Billquist)
Subject: [pups] Problems booting PDP11/40 using vtserver
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:53:42 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201282352330.29712-100000@Tempo.Update.UU.SE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0201261730360.568-100000@server.michiw.org>
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Michael Werner wrote:
> 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.
Okay. If it isn't a problem when you do it by hand it shouldn't be a
problem in the program either.
> 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?
Got the source code for that bootstrap?
Johnny
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-28 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-26 16:38 Michael Werner
2002-01-28 22:08 ` Warren Toomey
2002-01-28 22:53 ` Johnny Billquist [this message]
2002-01-29 13:16 ` Michael Werner
2002-01-29 5:10 ` Kirk B. Davis
2002-01-27 18:03 Michael Werner
2002-01-29 16:38 ` Johnny Billquist
2002-01-28 23:11 John Holden
2002-01-30 3:20 John Holden
2002-02-04 17:36 Fred N. van Kempen
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