Imaging DEC uVAX MFM drives

Allison wrote: (Yup, a typo...really it's a RD53.) So, with all of the good advice from so many that are much smarter than me (thanks to all!), I'm off to see if the VAXstation 3100 has VMS installed. Now that it's disk (SCSI) is imaged, I'm not worried about doing something non-recoverable to the software setup. If it does have VMS, I'll try to remote boot the other uVAXen and then image their drives to the Vs3100, and then take them from there to long-term media. If the 3100 doesn't have VMS but Ultrix, I'll have to think about what's next. I don't know if Ultrix can support netboot capabilities ala BOOTP or RARP. If that's a no go, then I'll take Pat's suggestion and try the NetBSD remote boot option. I'm familiar with Linux (just enough to shoot a toe or two), but I'll have to figure out the NetBSD device nomenclature. Shouldn't be too hard. Overnight I downloaded NetBSD version 1.5.0, 1.5.3, and 3.0.1 for i386 and vax architectures, hoping that at least one of those versions has the mopd stuff that works. Still, I've never used mopd, and that'll be an education in it's own right. More to come, but first I've got to figure out how to reach that little DIP switch on the 3100 so that I can use a character terminal. :) My back panel bezel doesn't have the cutout for accessing the switch. I guess I have an early model. Here goes....! Jared